Abstract

ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE FOR EMERGENCY SURGICAL REPAIR- A CASE REPORT

Dr Geeta Ahlawat, *Dr Mangal Ahlawat, Dr Nikita Jain

ABSTRACT

Traumatic diaphragmatic injury (DI) is a unique clinical entity that is usually occult and can easily be missed. An emergency laparotomy and thorough exploration followed by the repair of the defect is the gold standard for the management of these cases. Traumatic diaphragmatic injury can lead to herniation of abdominal contents into thorax and present a challange to anaesthesiologist. We report a case with diaphragmatic injury coming for emergency laparotomy.

Keywords: diaphragmatic injury, laparotomy, anaesthesiologist