Abstract

VALDES FERRO, Joselín  and  DIAZ DIAZ, José Daniel. Chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: a case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.3, pp. 62-67. ISSN 1561-3194.

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is relatively frequent in any conditions and needs a high rate of suspicion to be diagnosed, particularly in the cases of closed trauma. A patient who underwent an operation, due to this affection, after suffering an abdominal closed trauma, 16 years before, presented a left diaphragmatic hernia; it covered the stomach, transverse colon, spleen and the gastrocolic omentum. Some other aspects of interest about the disease and the symptoms were observed. Laboratory findings and the main principles to repair these lesions were taken into consideration to establish the diagnosis. Considering that; the diameter of the hernial ring as well as the orifice can be closed with non-absorbable suture or placing prosthetic material to cover the defect, the approach can be thoracic, abdominal or combined depending on the time of its evolution.

Keywords : Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia; complications.

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