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Surgical correction of the physiological incompetent cardia in hiatal hernia

Gastroenterologìa, 2021
The physiological incompetent cardia is a condition that is accompanied by reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus — gastroesophageal reflux disease, migration of a part of the stomach into the chest cavity — hiatal hernia.
B.F. Shevchenko, N.V. Prolom, O.M. Babii, O.V. Zelenyuk, S.O. Tarabarov   +4 more
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Stapled Diaphragmatic Plication: Is It Better Than Suture Plication?

, 2020
Diaphragm dysfunction, which can be due to eventration or an abnormally high-positioned diaphragm, can cause respiratory compromise. Eventration is most commonly due to unilateral diaphragm paralysis, which reduces ventilatory function in adults by about
Onugha, Osita, Hill, Terra M
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Proof of concept of an accelerometer as a trigger for unilateral diaphragmatic pacing: a porcine model

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2023
Background Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis in patients with univentricular heart is a known complication after pediatric cardiac surgery. Because diaphragmatic excursion has a significant influence on perfusion of the pulmonary arteries and ...
Tobias Kratz, Roman Ruff, Timo Koch, Anne-Sophie Kronberg, Johannes Breuer, Boulos Asfour, Ulrike Herberg, Benjamin Bierbach   +7 more
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Thoracoscopic diaphragm plication in children and indications for conversion to open thoracotomy

, 2004
Thoracoscopic plication of the diaphragm has been recently described as an alternative treatment for eventration. It is considered to be much less traumatic than the conventional method.
Korkmaz, M, Sivaci, R, Balci, C, Avtan, L, Ekingen, G, Guvenc, BH   +5 more
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Subdiaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in patients with biventricular and Fontan circulation after diaphragm plication [PDF]

, 2007
ObjectiveDiaphragm paralysis owing to phrenic nerve injury can result in significant morbidity in children undergoing surgical management of congenital cardiac defects. Diaphragm plication is the accepted therapy for diaphragm paralysis.
Hsia, Tain-Yen, Bradley, Scott M., Khambadkone, Sachin, de Leval, Marc R.   +3 more
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Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Plication

, 2022
Laparoscopic diaphragmatic plication is a safe and effective operation in carefully selected patients.  Laparoscopic diaphragm plication was first reported by Hüttl et al in three patients (1).
Eitan Podgaetz (14009583), Rafael Andrade (773025), Rafael Garza Castillon Jr. (14009584)   +2 more
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In patients with a tumour invading the phrenic nerve does prophylactic diaphragm plication improve postoperative lung function?

, 2016
A best evidence topic in thoracic surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was ‘In patients with tumours involving the phrenic nerve, does prophylactic diaphragm plication improve lung function following tumour ...
Dunn, William, Asif, Mohammed, Beattie, Gwyn W.   +2 more
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A porcine model of postoperative hemi-diaphragmatic paresis to evaluate a unilateral diaphragmatic pacemaker

Scientific Reports, 2023
Unilateral phrenic nerve damage is a dreaded complication in congenital heart surgery. It has deleterious effects in neonates and children with uni-ventricular circulation. Diaphragmatic palsy, caused by phrenic nerve damage, impairs respiratory function,
Tobias Kratz, Roman Ruff, Marit Bernhardt, David Katzer, Ulrike Herberg, Boulos Asfour, Johannes Breuer, Christina Oetzmann von Sochaczewski, Benjamin Bierbach   +8 more
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Is polysomnographic examination necessary for subjects with diaphragm pathologies?

Clinics
OBJECTIVES: While respiratory distress is accepted as the only indication for diaphragmatic plication surgery, sleep disorders have been underestimated.
Ozlem Oruc, Sema Sarac, Gulgun Cetintas Afsar, Ozgur Bilgin Topcuoglu, Serda Kanbur, Irfan Yalcinkaya, Fatma Merve Tepetam, Gokhan Kirbas   +7 more
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Contraception use and effectiveness among women in a trial of the diaphragm for HIV prevention.

, 2011
BACKGROUND: There is little data on contraceptive effectiveness or use patterns from sub-Saharan Africa. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed data from women at risk of pregnancy (n=4905) in the Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa trial of the ...
Ramjee, Gita, Bostrom, Alan, Grossman, Dan, Dan Grossman, Blanchard, Kelly, Chipato, Tsungai, de Bruyn, Guy, van der Straten, Ariane, Naomi Lince, Padian, Nancy, Kelly Blanchard, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ariane van der Straten, Guy de Bruyn, Tsungai Chipato, Lince, Naomi, Alan Bostrom, Gita Ramjee, Nancy Padian, Montgomery, Elizabeth   +19 more
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