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Chest X-ray on arrival to trauma bay.
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He was immediately intubated and a chest X-ray was obtained (see Figure 1).
X-ray depicting repair of diaphragm.
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The diaphragm laceration was repaired with O-Ethibond interrupted suture placed in horizontal mattress fashion, and a second layer of the same technique was repeated for a tension-free, complete repair of the diaphragm (see Figure 2).