A case of unilateral diaphragmatic eventration treated by plication with thoracoscopic surgery

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 530-532

  Suzumura, Yuji ^a   Terada, Yasuji ^a   Sonobe, Makoto ^a   Nagasawa, Miyuki ^a   Shindo, Toru ^a   Kitano, Morihisa ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic eventration; Plication; Pulmonary function; Thoracoscopic surgery; Thoracoscopy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM EVENTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030854498     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.530     Document Type: Article

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