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Management of diaphragmatic eventration in a low-income setting: A case report
Ibom Medical Journal, 2023 Diaphragmatic eventration, is a rare pathology that is characterized by abnormal elevation of the diaphragm and abdominal contents residing within thoracic cavity, though separated from the lungs by the thin or membraneous diaphragm.
Nwafor IA, Agagwuncha N, Ufio B, Eze JC
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Studia Medyczne, 2017 Introduction : Thoracoscopic plication is an effective treatment for diaphragmatic eventration, but the procedure has some disadvantages such as inadvertent abdominal organ injuries or superficial sutures that are not strong enough. Aim of the research
Siarhei Panko +6 more
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Surgery of Eventration of the Diaphragm
مجلة كلية الطب, 2021 Background: Eventration of diaphragm is an abnormal elevation of the diaphragm. Publishing on eventration of diaphragm in Iraq is scarce. Objective: This study was carried out to report on the Iraqi experience on eventration of diaphragm.
waleed M. hussen +2 more
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Robotic Diaphragm Plication—Technical Pearls
, 2023 This video demonstrates a robotic diaphragm plication with a focus on technique and technical pearls.The patient is a seventy-two-year-old woman with a history of phrenic nerve paralysis secondary to surgical division during a mediastinal mass resection ...
Mark W. Maxfield (716171) +4 more
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Laparoscopic Robot-Assisted Diaphragm Plication [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2016 Minimally invasive approaches to diaphragm plication for eventration include thoracoscopic and laparoscopic techniques. The elevated hemidiaphragm and ribs limit thoracoscopic techniques. We report our modification of the laparoscopic approach using robotic assistance with the da Vinci Surgical System, (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA) to avoid ...
Brittany A, Zwischenberger +3 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Diaphragmatic paralysis due to phrenic nerve injury is an occasional complication of cardiothoracic surgery. Although diaphragmatic plication is widely used to treat patients with severe irreversible symptoms, its surgical indication and timing remain ...
Chihiro Ohashi +3 more
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Completely Thoracoscopic Diaphragmatic Plication. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND Thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication for diaphragmatic paralysis with consecutive eventration and respiratory compromise is a desirable alternative to standard thoracotomy.
Schmid, Ralph +2 more
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Early diaphragmatic plication after cardiac surgery: a case report in an obese patient
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018 Background Diaphragmatic plication to help ventilation weaning of an adult obese patient after cardiac surgery is very uncommon. Diaphragm paralysis is usually treated with conservative measures and ventilator support, after which surgical management is ...
Valérie Lafrenière-Bessi +5 more
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Surgical treatment of 125 cases of congenital diaphragmatic eventration in a single institution
BMC Surgery, 2020 Background This study sought to investigate the clinical characteristics of congenital diaphragmatic eventration (CDE) and to compare the efficacies of thoracoscopy and traditional open surgery in infants with CDE. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the
Shengliang Zhao +7 more
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Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a disease of global importance, with an increasing array of sequelae attributed to infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.
Patrick Hurley +3 more
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