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Successful plication for postoperative diaphragmatic paralysis in an adult
L R Glassman1, F C Spencer, F G Baumann
1Department of Surgery and Pulmonary Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Diaphragmatic paralysis developed in an adult after a cardiac operation. The patient suffered from recurrent fevers and could not be weaned from mechanical ventilatory support. Diaphragmatic plication was performed and enabled rapid and sustained weaning from respiratory support.