Persistent unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy following liver transplantation

Subhash, H S; Chen, John W C; John, Libby; Bowden, Jeffery J; Sajkov, Dimitar; Frith, Peter

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03406.x

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Surgical procedures, operative

To the Editor: We describe two liver transplant patients who presented with unexplained dyspnoea and were subsequently found to have unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy, an uncommon complication of orthotopic liver transplantation.1-3

H S Subhash¹
John W C Chen²
Libby John²
Jeffery J Bowden¹
Dimitar Sajkov¹
Peter Frith¹

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.
2 SA Liver Transplant Unit, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: hssubhashcmc@hotmail.com

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