Surgical treatment of diaphragm relaxation
Journal Title: Хірургія України - Year 2019, Vol 0, Issue 3
Abstract
The aim — to acquaint the pulmonary physicians and thoracic surgeons with the experience in the surgical treatment of diaphragm relaxation. Materials and methods. The data of 57 patients with a diagnosis of RD, from 2007 to 2015, were analysed. In 40 (70.2 %) cases, an open plasty of the relaxed diaphragm dome was performed. From 2015 to 2019 17 (29.8 %) patients had video‑assisted thoracoscopic diaphragm plasty. In 1 (5.9 %) case, an attempt was made to video‑assisted thoracoscopic plasty of the left aperture of the diaphragm and it was necessary to perform a mini‑thoracotomy (incision length 8 cm) to ensure adequate visual and palpatory control of the intestinal loops that were firmly fixed to the diaphragm. Among the patients studied, there were 32 women (56.1 %) and 25 men (43.9 %). The average age of operated patients was 61 years (from 42 to 75 years). The level of comorbidity among the studied patients was 100 %. The most common comorbidities were: obesity (39 (68.4 %) cases), cardiogenic pathology (48 (84.2 %) patients), diabetes mellitus (16 (28.1 %) patients), thyroid disease (13 (22, 8 %) of observations) and others. Results and discussion. The indices of the video‑assisted thoracoscopic plasty of the diaphragm are much better mainly due to one factor — the low injuries of this operation. With an open diaphragm plasty, patients felt a complete improvement after 2 months after the operation, but without emotional positive colour. Patients noted an increase in the breathing depth, but very often this effect was levelled by the pain severity. With the video‑assisted thoracoscopic diaphragm plasty, patients already reported about a significant improvement in breathing, the possibility of lying on their backs and not choking etc, on the second day after the operation. It became possible to offer surgery to patients of older age and with more pronounced comorbidities after a video‑assisted thoracoscopic diaphragm plasty introducing into the clinic practice. The number of postoperative complications with open diaphragm plasty was 10, with video thoracoscopic plasty — 1 (suppuration of thoracoport placement sites). There was no post‑operative lethality. Conclusions. Videothoracoscopic diaphragm plasty for its relaxation is characterized by a low level of injury and should be considered as the main method of surgical treatment for this pathology.
Authors and Affiliations
M. S. Opanasenko, B. M. Konik, M. Yu. Shamray, O. V. Tereshkovich, L. I. Levanda, V. B. Bychkovsky, S. M. Shalagay, V. I. Lysenko, O. K. Obremska
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