Diaphragmatic rupture following blunt trauma is a common pathology which has good outomes when discovered early and treated. The common practice has been to manage these patients with either a laparotomy or thoracotomy, with some reports showing the safety of laparoscopy. We present a case of a patient who presented with a pericadio-diaphragmatic rupture who was managed successfully using laparoscopy

Latakgomo, M N