title: [Rupture of the diaphragm in childhood].
abstract: Two patients had acute rupture of the diaphragm from blunt trauma. One was a nine-year-old girl with an associated fractured pelvis and intraperitoneal injuries. She required emergency repair through a laparotomy-thoracotomy. The second patient, a six-year-old boy, underwent repair of a diaphragmatic laceration, diagnosed after a latent interval. Thoracotomy was used.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: La rottura del diaframma nell'innfanzia.