Videothoracoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Eventration: A Case Report.
- Author:
Yoon Seop JEONG
1
;
Wook YUM
Author Information
1. Department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
diaphragm;
eventration;
thoracoscopy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diaphragm;
Diaphragmatic Eventration*;
Female;
Humans;
Lung;
Thoracoscopy;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1999;32(3):330-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 40-year-old woman underwent plication by video-assisted thoracoscopy for left diaphragmatic eventration. Normalization in the position of the left diaphragm and a marked improvement in the left lung expansion were identified on the chest X-ray. This technique offers the patients many advantages of the minimally invasive operation.
