Dengue infection is the most common arboviral disease in the tropics and especially in Sri Lanka, where the season usually peaks in June-July each year. Although the clinical spectrum of the disease ...

In addition to the phrenic nerve reconstruction program, the center's dedicated physicians have successfully treated thousands of patients worldwide addressing a wide spectrum of conditions, including ...

It's often misdiagnosed, and can restrict breathing and reduce lung capacity to that of someone 30 years older. But, a new procedure is now treating a debilitating condition called diaphragm paralysis ...

SHREWSBURY — Don Bird flew halfway around the world to try to catch his breath. The 48-year-old handyman from Geelong, Australia, has had a deflated lung and recurring pneumonia since a little-known ...

Someone with COVID-19 might expect to experience fatigue, cold and flu symptoms, and loss of taste and smell — but a paralyzed diaphragm would likely not be on the radar. It was certainly a surprise ...

ORLANDO, FL — An implantable device that controls breathing muscles during sleep by electrical phrenic-nerve stimulation significantly cut the prevalence of sleep-apnea episodes, primarily by lowering ...

WITH the development of safer anesthesia and better surgical technic over the past thirty years the repair of esophageal hiatus hernia has become a well recognized surgical procedure. It is ordinarily ...

The Center is the first GHA accredited facility in New Jersey. According to Dr. Kaufman, "Depending on the cause of their paralysis, we have successfully enabled an overwhelming majority of our ...

The Center for Treatment of Paralysis and Reconstructive Nerve Surgery (CPRNS), in partnership with The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction, and under the expert leadership of renowned surgeons ...