Correspondence to Professor Dick Tibboel, Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children Hospital, Rotterdam 3015, The Netherlands; d.tibboel{at}erasmusmc.nl Developing treatment guidelines for rare ...

Introduction: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a condition in which the hepatic outflow tract is obstructed. In some rare situations, abnormal diaphragmatic eventration (DE) is the main cause of BCS; ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Generalized ligamentous laxity treated with arthroscopic labral repair and capsular plication yielded 5-year ...

Interscalene brachial plexus block has been widely used in shoulder surgery. We report one case of long-term phrenic palsy following ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block and we will ...

Thirty patients underwent surgery with no mortality; twenty nine of them reported improvement from their major problem, which was the prolapse. Only one patient, a forty-seven-year-old male, had ...

Endometriosis is a painful and sometimes lifelong condition where tissue similar to the tissue that lines your uterus is found outside of the uterus. Pain symptoms may happen around your menstrual ...

Chronic respiratory disorders are one of the primary causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but they remain incompletely understood in this population. 1 Identifying diaphragm ...

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Someone with COVID-19 might expect to experience fatigue, cold and flu symptoms, and loss of taste and smell — but a paralyzed diaphragm would likely not be on the radar. It was certainly a surprise ...

Background Diaphragmatic paralysis occurs due to direct or indirect damage to the phrenic nerve and can cause unilateral elevation. Diaphragmatic paralysis is usually asymptomatic; however, we present ...

Diaphragm spasms feel like twitches in the area between the chest and the abdomen. They can occur with or without pain. Possible causes include an injury, nerve irritation, or a rare condition known ...