First case of bilateral diaphragm eventration successfully repaired through an abdominal approach following lung transplantation
Murat Ersin Cardak 1, Aziz Serkan Senger 2, Selcuk Gulmez 2, Sevinc Citak 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Kartal Kosuyolu Higher Specialty Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kartal Kosuyolu Higher Specialty Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
A 61-year-old male patient with bilateral lung transplantation was admitted to the outpatient clinic with increasing respiratory distress for a month. Bilateral diaphragm eventration was observed in his examinations. Bilateral diaphragmplication was successfully performed abdominally in the patient who had a complaint despite supportive treatment. The respiratory capacity of the patient returned to normal. The abdominal approach may be a good alternative option in cases where intrathoracic surgery cannot be performed due to adhesions in patients with eventration after lung transplantation.
Keywords
- Acquired eventration
- Diaphragm
- Lung transplantation