Population
A patient with a previous subxiphoid pericardial incision
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to suspect this rare complication post-subxiphoid drainage; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
Physicians should suspect iatrogenic pericardial-diaphragmatic hernia in patients presenting with bowel obstruction and tamponade after a previous subxiphoid pericardial incision.
Nelson et al. (1985) studied this question.
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