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However, there is a lack of data describing the risk and impact of postoperative diaphragm dysfunction (DD) after MIMV.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Consecutive patients at a single institution undergoing isolated mitral valve surgery either via full sternotomy (FS) or MIMV (right thoracotomy) between 2015 and 2024 were included. The diagnosis of DD was based on postoperative diaphragm elevation on chest X-ray and confirmation via ultrasound Sniff test. Factors associated with postoperative DD were identified, and postoperative outcomes were compared between groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The incidence of postoperative DD was 3.0% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 35) among the 1,155 patients undergoing MV surgery. The incidence of DD was 1.8% after FS and 9.3% after MIMV (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Among MIMV patients, all suffered from right DD. After controlling for age, body mass index, and pulmonary comorbidities, MIMV was independently associated with postoperative DD compared with FS (odds ratio = 5.1, 95% CI: 2.4 to 11.0,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Although patients with and without DD had similar postoperative outcomes, those patients older than 70 years with DD had longer postoperative ventilation times (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.03) and hospital length of stay (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.02).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>MIMV via right thoracotomy is associated with increased risk of postoperative DD and increased ventilation times and hospital length of stay for elderly patients. Further studies are needed to elucidate the causes for diaphragm injury to minimize this complication.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/15569845261436390","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,16]],"date-time":"2026-05-16T05:19:34Z","timestamp":1778908774000},"page":"144-149","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Minimally Invasive Approach for Mitral Valve Surgery Is Associated With Increased Risk of Postoperative Diaphragm Dysfunction"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9216-3303","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sameer K.","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Tagliafierro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Darina","family":"Kirilina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul A.","family":"Kurlansky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Argenziano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Syed Tasnim","family":"Raza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14797\/mdcj-12-1-20"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamacardio.2020.0692"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2023.07.047"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jvca.2021.02.023"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.88.5.680"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/1053-0770(94)90284-4"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12630-022-02360-8"}],"container-title":["Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/15569845261436390","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/15569845261436390","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/15569845261436390","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,25]],"date-time":"2026-07-25T10:08:01Z","timestamp":1784974081000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/15569845261436390"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"references-count":7,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/15569845261436390"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/15569845261436390","relation":{},"ISSN":["1556-9845","1559-0879"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1556-9845","type":"print"},{"value":"1559-0879","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]}}}