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Originally Posted by BeerSlayer1
I don't think the hole in the diaphagm would contribute very much to something's death, otherwise we'd have a bunch of old geezers dropping dead from hernias and such.  |
Not necessarily. Put a hole in the diaphragm and another to the outside world and death is very possible. Surgeons have a name for it...... sucking chest wound. It's more appropriately known as a Pneumothorax. It can cause the lungs to collapse and be unable to reinflate. Add a hole in the lungs to that scenario and the prognosis would be very poor.