SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, cilt.31, sa.4, ss.1772-1777, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
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.