Robotic Transthoracic Repair of a Right-Sided Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture
Introduction Traumatic diaphragm rupture injury repairs are predominately performed through thoracotomy, laparotomy, or a combination of the two approaches. While open surgery is often necessary to follow the fundamentals of damage-control operations in unstable or polytrauma patients, minimally inv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2020-07-01
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| Series: | The Surgery Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1716330 |
| Summary: | Introduction Traumatic diaphragm rupture injury repairs are predominately performed through thoracotomy, laparotomy, or a combination of the two approaches. While open surgery is often necessary to follow the fundamentals of damage-control operations in unstable or polytrauma patients, minimally invasive surgery may be an alternative for those with a low injury burden to reduce the postoperative morbidities associated with open operations.
Case Description We describe the first case of a right-sided diaphragm rupture from blunt trauma that was repaired by a robotic transthoracic approach in the index admission.
Conclusion Minimally invasive repair of an acute traumatic diaphragm rupture is feasible in selected trauma patients. |
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| ISSN: | 2378-5128 2378-5136 |