WITHIN a month during the past spring we had the unusual experience at the Beverly Hospital of caring for 2 patients with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. Although this condition is not a medical ...

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 ...

Amy Duggar King’s husband, Dillon King, has been diagnosed with a severe diaphragmatic rupture. “After continued pain and concerns that could no longer be ignored, we sought medical attention, only to ...

In this trial involving fetuses with severe left congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion at 27 to 29 weeks of gestation significantly increased survival to discharge ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms can happen anywhere below the diaphragm. The infrarenal area of the abdomen, just below the kidneys, is one of the most common places to develop an abdominal aneurysm. The ...

Amy Duggar King tells PEOPLE that her husband Dillion is hospitalized with a severe diaphragmatic rupture The condition, which occurs less than 1% of the time, has caused several of his organs to be ...