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Case Report
Diaphragm weakness as a cause of breathlessness after anatomically distant surgery
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Abstract

The case histories are presented of two patients in whom breathlessness developed following surgery to an anatomically distant site. Respiratory muscle testing demonstrated diaphragm weakness in both patients.

  • diaphragm paralysis
  • neuralgic amyotrophy
  • respiratory muscles

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.022764

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