title: [Diagnostic delay in post-traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures].
abstract: Traumatic ruptures of the diaphragm are associated with closed chest and abdominal traumas, often the outcome of road accidents, with an incidence varying from 1 to 5% depending on the series. Diagnosis is frequently late if the possibility of breakages in two stages is also considered. This delay in diagnosis is encountered in a variable percentage of cases, between 9.5 and 60%. The clinical case of a post-traumatic ruptures of the diaphragm diagnosed 26 years after a car accident is described.
authors: Policlinico Umberto I, II Clinica Chirurgica, Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica Università degli studi La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. e.mercadante@tiscalinet.it
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Mercadante
authors: T
authors: T
authors: De Giacomo
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Rendina
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Venuta
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Moretti
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Aratari
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authors: Furio Coloni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors