RT Book, Section
A1 Andrade, Rafael
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1105847074
T1 Plication of the Diaphragm from Below
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105847074
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  abdominal  approach  for  diaphragmatic  plication  is  appropriate  in  properly  selected  patients.  Open  transabdominal  plication  has  been  described  for  unilateral  or  bilateral  diaphragmatic  eventration  or  paralysis  in  children,1  but  very  few  data  are  available  on  the  results  of  open  transabdominal  plication  in  adults.  Laparoscopic  diaphragm  plication  was  initially  described  by  Hüttl  et  al.  in  a  report  of  three  patients.2  We  reported  our  experience  with  25  patients  demonstrating  that  the  laparoscopic  approach  to  diaphragm  plication  results  in  significant  short-  and  mid-term  improvements  in  symptoms,  quality  of  life,  and  pulmonary  function  tests  (PFTs)  in  patients  with  hemidiaphragm  paralysis  or  eventration.3