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An advanced flexible laparoscope with wide optic angle for observing diaphragmatic lesions associated with catamenial
Jun Kumakiri1, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Hideaki Miyamoto
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kumakiri@med.juntendo.ac.jp
Objective:
To explore diaphragmatic lesions that are potentially associated with catamenial pneumothorax by using an advanced flexible laparoscope with wide optic angle.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University hospital.
Patient(S):
A 30-year-old woman who was scheduled for thoracoscopic surgery because of recurrent right-sided catamenial pneumothorax.
Intervention(S):
The peritoneal surface of the diaphragm was explored with an advanced flexible laparoscope that was equipped with a charge-coupled device on the tip, concurrently with thoracoscopic surgery.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Lesions associated with endometriosis on the peritoneal surface of the posterior diaphragm abutting the posterior abdominal wall and liver.
Result(S):
When the flexible laparoscope was inserted via an umbilical trocar and the peritoneal surface of the right-sided diaphragm was explored, guided by illumination from the thoracoscope, scattered specific lattice lesions and fenestrations were identified in the central tendon of the posterior diaphragm, a region that cannot be visualized with the conventional rigid laparoscope.
Conclusion(S):
By using the flexible laparoscope, endometriotic lesions potentially related to catamenial pneumothorax were identified on the posterior diaphragm.
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