Diaphragm
A 57-year-old woman, with a history of pericardiectomy 20 years before, reported progressive dyspnea and orthopnea. A chest computed tomography scan showed a large anterior diaphragmatic (Morgagni) hernia containing a loop of transverse colon and...
The patient in this case is a sixty-year-old woman with increasing shortness of breath, especially in a horizontal position. She was diagnosed with right-sided diaphragmatic paralysis. Surgeons suspected trauma or...
A 57-year-old woman, with a history of pericardiectomy 20 years before, reported progressive dyspnea and orthopnea. A chest computed tomography scan showed a large anterior diaphragmatic (Morgagni) hernia containing a...
Solitary fibrous tumors (SFT) are rare neoplasms representing less than 5% of pleural tumors (1, 2). Sixty to eighty percent of SFTs arise from the visceral pleura (3, 4), but...
Unilateral phrenic nerve injury often results in symptomatic hemidiaphragm paralysis. Although diaphragmatic plication is a treatment option, phrenic nerve repair may also be considered in an attempt to restore function...
This video demonstrates video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedure performed on a 16-year-old male who had been stabbed in the right lower chest. The knife caused a 2 cm wound, penetrating...
In the performance of a three-port VATS plication, the authors demonstrate the use of novel tools to perform horizontal mattress sutures running in an oblique fashion. At the end of...
A 60-year-old patient was referred to the author’s clinic for operative treatment of diaphragm eventration with an unknown cause. Two months prior, the patient had been treated at another hospital...
The authors present a video of a 65-year-old female with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, who had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted as a bridge for transplantation. After the heart transplant,...
Surgical training in developing countries has traditionally required months and years of clinical and operative teaching by local and visiting first world faculty. This video describes an online simulation surgery...
This video demonstrates a technique for laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni hernia, with and without excision of the sac. Two cases are shown.
...Laparoscopic diaphragmatic plication is a safe and effective operation in carefully selected patients. Laparoscopic diaphragm plication was first reported by Hüttl et al in three patients (1). The authors’ previously...
Diaphragm plication provides symptomatic palliation to patients who suffer from unilateral paralysis due to a variety of etiologies. Multiple approaches have been described, and include open and minimally invasive techniques...









