Clinical Analysis of Traumtic Diaphragmatic Injuries.
- Author:
Myung Kyu PARK
;
Jong Soo WOO
;
Pill Joe CHOI
;
Yong Hoon LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Age Distribution;
Diagnosis;
Diaphragm;
Humans;
Male;
Mortality;
Thoracotomy
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
1997;8(4):576-583
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors reviewed the records of sixteen patients with traumatic diaphragmatic injuries from May 1992 through December 1996. Thirteen patients were male and three were female(M:F=4.3:1). The age distribution ranged from 2 to 46 years with the mean age of 30.2 years. The sixteen patients included thirteen who had blunt trauma and three with penetrating trauma. Of those thirteen blunt trauma, twelve patients(92.3%) were left sided and one(7.7%) involved the right diaphragm. Three patients with penetrating trauma had left sided diaphragmatic injuries. The diagnosis was made preoperatively in thirteen patients(81.3%) and during surgery in three patients(18.8%). Thoracotomy was performed in eleven patients and thoracoabdominal incision in five. There was one death and the mortality rate was 6.3%.
