2024
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1369255
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Case Report: Surgical challenges and insights in a child with a blunt left diaphragmatic and pericardial rupture and heart subluxation

Melaku Tessema Kassie,
Motuma Gonfa Ayana,
Ruth Betremariam Abebe
et al.

Abstract: IntroductionBlunt diaphragmatic rupture (BTDR) is a rare condition that can occur in children following high-energy blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. In less than 1% of the cases, pericardial rupture can coexist with a BTDR. A coexistence of BTDR and pericardial rupture can result in displacement of the heart and is associated with high mortality. Clinical presentation is non-specific and requires a high index of suspicion for early management.Case presentationA 4-year-old child presented to the emergency unit of… Show more

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