Video-assisted minimally invasive diaphragmatic plication: feasibility of a recognized procedure through an uncharacteristic hybrid approach

Yalcinkaya I., Evman S., LAÇİN T., Alpay L., Kupeli M., Ocakcioglu I.

SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, vol.31, no.4, pp.1772-1777, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00464-016-5171-8
  • Journal Name: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1772-1777
  • Keywords: Diaphragm, Eventration, Minimally invasive surgery, Plication, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), THORACOSCOPIC PLICATION, PULMONARY-FUNCTION, EVENTRATION, PARALYSIS, TERM, ADULTS
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Diaphragmatic plication is an approved surgical procedure for treatment of symptomatic diaphragmatic paralysis and eventration. We aim to define our minimally invasive technique of plication and objectively assess our surgical outcomes of the largest series reported in the literature so far, using pulmonary function tests.