Laparoscopic approach to the management of penetrating traumatic diaphragmatic injury
Background: Traditionally, laparotomy/thoracotomy is the standard approach for thoracoabdominal injuries. However, it has a non-therapeutic rate of 12–40% and 40% morbidity. Laparoscopy, as a diagnostic and therapeutic modality, has evolved to be integral to general and subspecialty surgeons in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Trauma Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644017300328 |