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Video-assisted repair of an eventrated left hemidiaphragm
G Haciibrahimoglu1, A Karamustafaoglu, A G Cevik
1Yedikule Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey. g.haciibrahimglu@mail.com
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|May 1, 2002
Abstract:
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is emerging as a viable approach to increasingly complex intrathoracic therapeutic procedures. Here, we present a case of eventrated left hemidiaphragm caused by a blunt trauma in an elderly man. The diaphragm was repaired successfully using a video-assisted procedure, thus giving the patient the advantages of a minimally invasive operation.