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Knotless suture allows for successful thoracoscopic diaphragm plication.


ABSTRACT: Diaphragm paralysis can cause significant shortness of breath. This condition can be treated with diaphragm plication. We illustrate two cases where we used a knotless suture and total portal thoracoscopic technique to successfully plicate the diaphragm. A 70-year-old female with right-sided and a 44-year-old male with left-sided diaphragm paralysis. Both patients had a sniff test that showed paradoxical movement of the diaphragm. The port placements during the procedure were different due to the laterality but both patients had three 5-mm ports and one 12-mm port for the procedure. Plication was performed using the Endo Stitch knotless suture. Both patients went home on post-operative Day 1 without any complications. After 1 month, both patients had significant improvement in shortness of breath with resolution of the diaphragm elevation.

SUBMITTER: Kim MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798015 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Knotless suture allows for successful thoracoscopic diaphragm plication.

Kim Min P MP   Chan Edward Y EY  

Journal of surgical case reports 20171121 11


Diaphragm paralysis can cause significant shortness of breath. This condition can be treated with diaphragm plication. We illustrate two cases where we used a knotless suture and total portal thoracoscopic technique to successfully plicate the diaphragm. A 70-year-old female with right-sided and a 44-year-old male with left-sided diaphragm paralysis. Both patients had a sniff test that showed paradoxical movement of the diaphragm. The port placements during the procedure were different due to th  ...[more]

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