title: [Plication of diaphragm for eventration of diaphragm caused by megacolon; report of a case].
abstract: A 70-year-old woman with severe respiratory distress was admitted to our hospital by ambulance. Chest X-ray revealed marked elevation of left diaphragm and invagination of megacolon. Colectomy was performed to improve the respiratory distress, but continuous mechanical ventilation was necessary after operation due to hypoxia and hypercapnea. Therefore, plication of diaphragm was additionally performed. With 10 rows of nonabsorbable sutures, 6 to 8 pleats were formed. The following day of operation, she was successfully relieved from the ventilator.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Nakano
authors: Norihito
authors: N
authors: Okamura
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Irie
authors: Misa
authors: M
authors: Noguchi
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Fujiwara
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Yamashina
authors: Tomoaki
authors: T
authors: Matsuoka
authors: Kotaro
authors: K
authors: Kameyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000601:surgery*; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008531:Megacolon / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome