Results in non-ventilated adults
| Long term follow up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Age (years) | Condition leading to diaphragm paralysis | ATSds before plication | ATSds 3 months after surgery | Months | ATSds |
| ATSds = American Thoracic Society dyspnoea scale; CABG=coronary artery bypass graft; MI=myocardial infarction. | ||||||
| M | 72 | CABG | 4 | 2 | 37 | Asymptomatic until death (MI) |
| M | 47 | CABG | 4 | 1 | 66 | 0 |
| M | 57 | CABG | 3 | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| F | 66 | CABG | 3 | 1 | 105 | 0 |
| M | 65 | CABG | 4 | 1 | 12 | Asymptomatic until death (MI) |
| M | 37 | Trauma | 3 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| F | 65 | Breast cancer | 4 | 2 | 11 | Asymptomatic until death (metastatic breast cancer) |