title: [A case of left diaphragmatic eventration treated by thoracoscopic plication].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 920-8641.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishitsuji
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Yoriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
mesh_terms: 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