[A case of left diaphragmatic eventration treated by thoracoscopic plication].
A 59-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of left diaphragmatic eventration due to a left phrenic nerve injury following surgery for recurrent thyroid cancer. She underwent plication by thoracoscopic surgery followed by marked expansion of the left lung and improvement of pulmonary function and dyspnea on exercise. Thoracoscopic plication for diaphragmatic eventration is a useful minimally invasive surgical technique.
Nishitsuji
Masaru
M
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 920-8641.
Fujimura
Masaki
M
Katayama
Nobuyuki
N
Nomura
Satoshi
S
Nishizawa
Yoriko
Y
Yoshimi
Yuzo
Y
Abo
Miki
M
Kita
Toshiyuki
T
Yasui
Masahide
M
Kasahara
Kazuo
K
Nakao
Shinji
S
Oda
Makoto
M
D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013906:Thoracoscopy