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Paralysis of the Upper Rectus Abdominis Muscle After Video-Assisted or Open Thoracic Surgery: An Underdiagnosed Complication?  Tommi Pätilä, MD, Eero.

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1 Paralysis of the Upper Rectus Abdominis Muscle After Video-Assisted or Open Thoracic Surgery: An Underdiagnosed Complication?  Tommi Pätilä, MD, Eero I. Sihvo, MD, PhD, Jari V. Räsänen, MD, PhD, Raimo Ramstad, MD, Ari Harjula, MD, PhD, Jarmo A. Salo, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages (October 2009) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Upper, left-sided rectus abdominis paralysis caused muscular atrophy at 10 days after thoracoscopy for pneumothorax (*). On the right side, a normal contracted muscle can be seen (**). (B) Sites of thoracoscopic ports. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Hernia-like protrusion of paralyzed upper rectus abdominis muscle (*) was observed several months after thoracotomy through the sixth intercostal space. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

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