Complete thoracoscopic diaphragm plication using carbon dioxide insufflation: report of a case.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Homma, Takahiro; Yamamoto, Yutaka; Doki, Yoshinori; Senda, Kazutaka; Touge, Masayoshi; Ojima, Toshihiro; Shimada, Yoshifumi; Yoshimura, Naoki
- Source
- Surgery Today. Jul2015, Vol. 45 Issue 7, p915-918. 4p.
- Subject
- *CHEST endoscopic surgery
*INSUFFLATION
*CARBON dioxide
*ENDOSCOPIC surgery
*LAPAROSCOPIC surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 0941-1291
Diaphragm plication has become the accepted treatment for major respiratory impairment caused by diaphragmatic eventration and paralysis. Various open and minimally invasive plication techniques have been described and while video-assisted thoracoscopic diaphragm plication appears to be a safe and effective alternative to open surgery, the workspace is limited. We describe how we performed complete thoracoscopic diaphragm plication using carbon dioxide (CO) insufflation for a patient with unilateral diaphragmatic eventration. Using CO insufflation seems to dramatically improve the workspace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]