which had previously been treated with chemotherapy and multiple surgical interventions including radical thymectomy complicated by bilateral phrenic nerve injury requiring diaphragmatic plication.

During the thoracic surgery consultation, DE was diagnosed as a possible underlying cause of BCS, and diaphragmatic plication (DP) was proposed as a surgical treatment. The patient then underwent DP ...

Autopsy findings in 1 patient, who died at twenty-seven days of age, are reported; in the other the anomaly was successfully repaired by plication. The entire subject of diaphragmatic eventration ...

While repairing diaphragm paralysis, there are surgical procedures including plication of the diaphragm, which have several open and minimally invasive approaches [5] as well as resection of the ...

The patient had a history of idiopathic, right-sided diaphragmatic paralysis, and he underwent diaphragm plication in 2019. Although flaccidity of the diaphragm was initially reduced, 3 years ...

An option that was discussed was diaphragmatic plication to decrease the intrathoracic pressure and the extrinsic compression on the right heart. More commonly, unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is ...

Diaphragmatic plication is a surgical procedure usually performed using non-invasive methods. A continuous series of sutures are placed across the diaphragm to pull it tight and downwards, increasing ...

Typically, the initial phase of treatment consists of intubation to secure the airway. Generally, plication of the diaphragm is used to correct diaphragm malformations. Various factors, such as the ...