title: Diaphragmatic eventration.
abstract: Symptomatic diaphragmatic eventration is an uncommon condition and is sometimes impossible to distinguish clinically from paralysis. Patients who are asymptomatic require no treatment; patients who are symptomatic benefit significantly from diaphragm plication. The choice of plication approach is dependent upon the expertise of the surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 207, 420 Delaware Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Groth
authors.forename: Rafael S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013906:Thoracoscopy