DELAYED INTRATHORACIC HERNIATION OF THE STOMACH WITH PLEURAL EMPYEMA DUE TO DIAPHRAGMATIC STAB WOUND

Authors
VENTO AE HEIKKILA L PERHONIEMI V SALO JA
Citation
Ae. Vento et al., DELAYED INTRATHORACIC HERNIATION OF THE STOMACH WITH PLEURAL EMPYEMA DUE TO DIAPHRAGMATIC STAB WOUND, Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 30(1), 1996, pp. 45-48
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365580
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
45 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5580(1996)30:1<45:DIHOTS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 32-year-old man received a left-sided thoracic stab wound, which was primarily treated with percutaneous tube thoracostomy. Ipsilateral em pyema appeared 8 weeks later and subsequent investigations revealed he rniation of the stomach through the diaphragm. The diaphragmatic ruptu re and a perforation in the gastric wall were repaired at thoracotomy. The literature on such wounds is reviewed.