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SUBMITTER: Kim MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798015 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]