Diaphragm paralysis has been observed following cervical spinal cord and diaphragm injuries. Patients with diaphragm paralysis require plication of the diaphragm if significant pulmonary dysfunction ...

Thoma, 37 in 1882, was the first to suggest that most cases of eventration were congenital in origin. In 1916 Bayne-Jones 11 offered considerable evidence in support of this thesis. The principal ...

The first pioneering robotic surgery procedure to be carried out in the UK has taken place in Teesside. Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital is the first to carry out a robotic diaphragm ...