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Plication for diaphragm paralysis after paediatric cardiac surgery: a single-centre experience.

Baran SimsekArda OzyukselMurat SaygiMehmet Salih Bilal
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2023)
Early results of plication of the diaphragm following phrenic nerve palsy in symptomatic patients who underwent paediatric cardiac surgery are encouraging. Evaluation of the diaphragmatic function should be a routine part of post-operative echocardiography. Diaphragm paralysis may be a consequence of dissection, contusion, stretching, and thermal injury both in terms of hypothermia and hyperthermia.
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