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Case Reports
. 2005 Mar;83(3):179-81.

[Diaphragmatic paralysis after cardiac surgery in children: value of plication]

[Article in French]
Abdelfettah Abid  1 , Mounir Dhiab, Skander Ben Omrane, Inçaf Meddeb, Nadia Gharsallah-Slama, Taoufik Kalfat, Adel Khayati
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  • PMID: 15929450
Case Reports

[Diaphragmatic paralysis after cardiac surgery in children: value of plication]

[Article in French]
Abdelfettah Abid et al. Tunis Med. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

Phrenic nerve injury is a recognized and severe complication after cardiac surgery. Diaphragmatic paralysis leads to difficulty of weaning the child from the ventilator surgical plication is an easy and safe procedure that result in early clinical and physiological improvements.

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