Abstract
Diaphragmatic injuries are present in 1–10% of blunt chest trauma patients and mostly occur in males aged 33–45 years [4 ,34, 37, 48, 50, 57, 66] . They result from high-speed deceleration and crush accidents [9, 34 ,37, 61].
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Wintermark, M., Schnyder, P. (2000). Trauma of the Diaphragm. In: Radiology of Blunt Trauma of the Chest. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57182-4_3
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