Early Thoracoscopic Plication of Diaphragm in a Newborn with Brachial Plexus Palsy and Concurrent Phrenic Nerve Palsy

Phrenic nerve palsy is a rare cause of respiratory distress in a newborn. When conservative measures fail to achieve adequate ventilation, then early surgical plication has been found to be associated with good outcome. We report a case of neonate with phrenic nerve palsy in whom an early thoracosco...

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Autores principales: Garge, Saurabh Shyam, Passi, Gouri Rao, Ghanekar, Devendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694575
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.207622
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Sumario:Phrenic nerve palsy is a rare cause of respiratory distress in a newborn. When conservative measures fail to achieve adequate ventilation, then early surgical plication has been found to be associated with good outcome. We report a case of neonate with phrenic nerve palsy in whom an early thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication was done.

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