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SM Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Post-Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture in Children: A Case Report at Ziguinchor Regional Hospital (Senegal)

[ ISSN : 2573-3419 ]

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Received: 10-Aug-2018

Accepted: 23-Aug-2018

Published: 28-Aug-2018

Case Report | Volume 4 - Issue 4 | Article DOI :

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Cheikh Diouf¹, Coulibaly Mamadou Bernard¹, Kibanja Anderson¹, Diallo Ibrahima¹, and Coulibaly S²

¹Department of Surgery, Ziguinchor Regional Hospital, Health Sciences Training and Research Unit, Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Senegal

²Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor Regional Hospital, Health Sciences Training and Research Unit

Corresponding Author:

Cheikh Diouf, Department of surgery, Ziguinchor Regional Hospital, Health Sciences Training and Research Unit, Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor, Senegal, Tel: 00221776474723; Email: cdiouf37@gmail.com

Keywords

Rupture; Diaphragm; Spleen; Infant; Suture

Abstract

Post-traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is defined as the passage of a portion of the abdominal viscera into the thorax through the diaphragmatic tissue following trauma. It is rare in children and most often fits in a context of polytrauma. We report a case of fracture of the left diaphragmatic cupola associated with stage II spleen fracture following thoracoabdominal trauma by the fall of a cart in a boy of 07 years without any particular pathological antecedents. The surgical management of the patient consisted of a suture of the diaphragmatic cupola with the mersuture and a monitoring of the splenic rupture. The postoperative course was simple.

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Diouf C, Bernard CM, Anderson K, Ibrahima D and Coulibaly S. Post-Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture in Children: A Case Report at Ziguinchor Regional Hospital (Senegal). SM J Pediatr Surg. 2018; 4(4): 1071.