In this week's Moves in Medicine, Temple Health doctors look at an uncommon, but very serious condition call diaphragm paralysis. It can easily be repaired, if it is diagnosed in the first place.

Diaphragm plication is a procedure to treat a paralyzed diaphragm. The diaphragm is a thin, dome-shaped muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm will move down to ...

Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are offering a new robotic surgery option for patients with a paralyzed diaphragm. UAB Hospital is one of the only hospitals in the region offering ...

Plication of the diaphragm is performed for paralysis or eventration (abnormal elevation/shape) of the diaphragm which can result in breathing difficulties. Diaphragm paralysis is typically due to ...

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 ...

Gerald Branim was an avid runner, having completed two marathons and a 20-mile trail run. So, when he contracted COVID-19 in February 2021, Branim didn’t expect it to hit as hard as it did. He spent ...

WITH the development of safer anesthesia and better surgical technic over the past thirty years the repair of esophageal hiatus hernia has become a well recognized surgical procedure. It is ordinarily ...