Layers of sutures, sometimes reinforced with Teflon pads, are sewn in rows at the edge of the diaphragm along the patient's rib cage encircling the inside of their chest wall. After plication, the ...
“When they did the chest X-ray, that’s when they actually found ... pushed his heart over and was growing into the diaphragm. It was also in the pleura, a thin membrane that covers the ...