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Case Reports

A Laparoscopic Approach to Left Diaphragmatic Rupture after Blunt Trauma

A. OuazzaniDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.View further author information
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E. GuerinDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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E. CapellutoDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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G. LandolfoDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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A. RomanIntensive Care Unit, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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J. BruynsDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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G.B. CadiereDigestive Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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Pages 228-231 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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