A new study published in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology reveals that fetal tracheal occlusion (FETO) improves infant survival rate in severe cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a retrospective study looking back at a decadeof surgeries, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have determinedthat surgery to remove metastatic disease from the diaphragm, ...

The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee has considered this procedure and NICE has now issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. This has been issued for four weeks’ ...

A diaphragm is a safe barrier method of birth control. It works by stopping sperm from entering your uterus. Learn more about how to determine if this contraceptive is right for you. A diaphragm is a ...

A quadriplegic patient has become the first Arizonan to undergo a new medical procedure that allows him to breathe on his own. University Medical Center says one of its doctors successfully implanted ...

The diaphragm is the primary muscle used in respiration, which is the process of breathing. This dome-shaped muscle is located just below the lungs and heart. It contracts continually as you breathe ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A quadriplegic patient has become the first Arizonan to undergo a new medical procedure that allows him to breathe on his own. University Medical Center in Tucson says one of its ...

The first pioneering robotic surgery procedure to be carried out in the UK has taken place in Teesside. Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital is the first to carry out a robotic diaphragm ...

The aim of intramuscular diaphragm stimulation is to make the diaphragm contract, strengthening it and allowing full or partial weaning from mechanical ventilation. This procedure needs intact phrenic ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a retrospective study looking back at a decade of surgeries, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have determined that surgery to remove metastatic disease from the diaphragm, ...