Okyere Isaac, Okyere Perditer, Glover Paul Sedem Komla
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
The Renal Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Jul 26;33:256. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.256.17061. eCollection 2019.
A rare case series of traumatic right diaphragmatic rupture with hepatothorax in Ghana is reported. The first case involved a middle-aged man who sustained a penetrating chest injury following an unprovoked attack by a wild bull. The second case was a young woman who sustained a blunt chest injury after being knocked down by a moving vehicle whiles crossing the road. Both presented with ruptured right diaphgramatic rupture and had to undergo repair through thoracotomy after stabilization and the two had been well one year after surgery without any complications or sequelae.
报道了加纳一系列罕见的创伤性右膈破裂伴肝胸的病例。第一例是一名中年男子,在遭到野牛无端攻击后胸部受到穿透伤。第二例是一名年轻女子,在过马路时被一辆行驶的车辆撞倒后胸部受到钝器伤。两人均出现右膈破裂,在病情稳定后均通过开胸手术进行修复,术后一年两人情况良好,无任何并发症或后遗症。