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[A case of left diaphragmatic eventration treated by thoracoscopic plication]
Masaru Nishitsuji1, Masaki Fujimura, Nobuyuki Katayama
1Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 920-8641.
Abstract:
A 59-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of left diaphragmatic eventration due to a left phrenic nerve injury following surgery for recurrent thyroid cancer. She underwent plication by thoracoscopic surgery followed by marked expansion of the left lung and improvement of pulmonary function and dyspnea on exercise. Thoracoscopic plication for diaphragmatic eventration is a useful minimally invasive surgical technique.