MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIAPHRAGM PLICATION IN AN INFANT

Authors
VANSMITH C JACOBS JP BURKE RP
Citation
C. Vansmith et al., MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIAPHRAGM PLICATION IN AN INFANT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(3), 1998, pp. 842-844
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
842 - 844
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:3<842:MIDPIA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report the use of video-assisted thoracic surgery to plicate the di aphragm after phrenic nerve injury associated with an operation for co ngenital heart disease. Right diaphragm paresis developed in a cyanoti c newborn girl with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum af ter a right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Diaphragm plication was pe rformed endoscopically and the patient recovered. Refinement of techni que and instrumentation may allow wider application of video-assisted thoracoscopic plication of the diaphragm in neonatal and pediatric pat ients. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.