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Table 2 Imaging modality in different periods

From: Surgical management of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: a single institutional experience of more than two decades

 

1990–2005

2005–2017

P value

Mechanisms

 Penetrating (19)/Blunt (44)

8/28

11/16

.113

 Chest X-ray (63)

36

27

1.000

 Ultrasound (44)

23

21

.235

 Barium meal (7)

4

3

1.000

 CT scan (19)

0

19

.000

Preoperative diagnosis

28/36 (77.8%)

25/27 (92.6%)

.002

Mortality

5/36

2/27

.685

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