[Diagnosis and treatment of diaphragm traumatic ruptures].

29 patients with traumatic ruptures of left cupola of the diaphragm were studied. Pain, dispnoe, tachycardia more intensive after a meal due to repletion and dislocation of the stomach into pleural cavity and its pressure on the organs of the mediastinum were the main symptoms of the disease. The diagnosis of traumatic rupture of the diaphragm was made on the base of clinical and roentgenological examination.