Delayed presentation of traumatic right-sided diaphragmatic hernia after abdominoplasty.

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are rare and challenging to diagnose. Following trauma, diagnosis may occur immediately or in a delayed fashion. It is believed that left traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are more common as a result of the protective right-sided anatomic lie of the liver.

Does prehospital prolonged extrication (entrapment) place trauma patients at higher risk for venous thromboembolism?

Background: The aim of this study was to determine if prolonged immobility and tissue injury from a prehospital entrapment would place patients at higher risk for in-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) complications. It was hypothesized that entrapment would increase in-hospital VTE.

Methods: All consecutive trauma admissions over a 10-year period were retrospectively reviewed.