Short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted transthoracic diaphragmatic plication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who are symptomatic from diaphragmatic dysfunction may benefit from diaphragmatic plication. We recently modified our plication approach from open thoracotomy to robotic transthoracic. We report our short-term outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a single-institution retrospective review of all patients who underwent transthoracic plications from 2018, when we began using the robotic approach, to 2022. The primary outcome was short-term recurrence of diaphragm elevation with symptoms noted before or during the first planned postoperative visit. We also compared proportions of short-term recurrences in patients that underwent plication with extracorporeal knot-tying device alone versus those that used intracorporeal instrument tying (alone or supplemental). Seco

SUBMITTER: Marmor HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183526 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature