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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:280-281. doi:10.1510/icvts.2006.147587
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Work in progress report - Thoracic general

Thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication using three 5 mm ports{star}

Do Hyung Kim, Jung Joo Hwang and Kil Dong Kim*

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Eulji University Hospital, 1306 Dunsan dong Seo gu Daejeon, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +82-42-611-3155; fax: +82-42-611-3867.

E-mail address: kdkimmd{at}eulji.ac.kr (K.D. Kim).

Thoracoscopic plication is the most effective treatment for diaphragmatic enventration. However, the conventional thoracoscopic plication procedure introduced by Mouroux in 1996 has some disadvantages. We improved and simplified the Mouroux technique with the patient in the head up position, CO2 insufflations and figure-of-eight sutures. These were possible to perform by pure thoracoscopic surgery using three 5 mm ports without the requirement for open thoracotomy.

Key Words: Diaphragm; Eventration; Plication; Thoracoscope


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