Rajkumar J S, Ganesh Deepa, Rajkumar Anirudh, Syed Akbar, Guru Venkatesan
Chief Consultant Surgeon, Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Consultant Gynecologist, Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jul;11(7):QD03-QD04. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24277.10150. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
Diaphragmatic eventration is an uncommon malady, underdiagnosed and often treated only in emergent situations. Eventration of the diaphragm is best treated by plication of diaphragm with or without meshplasty. Various studies have shown that thoracoscopic plication is as efficient as laparotomy or laparoscopic plication. We present here the report of thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication for eventration performed in the third trimester of pregnancy in a 28-year-old woman who presented with acute respiratory distress. To our knowledge, we believe this to be the first published case in medical literature.