Phrenic Nerve Reconstruction During Anterior Mediastinal Tumor Resection / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 560-563, 2002.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-48114
ABSTRACT
Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to a phrenic nerve injury is not rare after cardiothoracic surgery and may range from an asymptomatic radiographic abnormality to severe pulmonary dysfunction and even mortality in patients with reduced lung function. The most effective treatment for symptomatic unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis has been known to be a plication of the paralyzed hemidiaphragm. A 38 year-old male patient with asthma received a phrenic nerve reconstruction with a sural nerve for right phrenic nerve injury during resection of the anterior mediastinal tumor. Ten months later, chest PA showed good result and we report this case with literature.
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Main subject:
Phrenic Nerve
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Respiratory Paralysis
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Asthma
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Sural Nerve
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Thorax
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Diaphragm
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Mortality
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Lung
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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