OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CT in detecting acute rupture of the diaphragm after blunt trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Lee WC; Chen RJ; Fang JF; Wang CC; Chen HY; Chen SC; Hwang TL; Jeng LB; Jan YY; Wang CS OBJECTIVE: To analyse our cases of acute rupture of the diaphragm after blunt trauma to find out how to ...

A coroner heard Miss Penrice suffered a ruptured diaphragm while she was in hospital and while the initial damage was likely to have happened "spontaneously", further damage was caused while ...