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Background; In this study, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate non-traumatic diaphragmatic diseases surgically treated in our clinic. Methods; Forty-five patients who underwent surgical treatment for non-traumatic diaphragm pathology at Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty Chest Surgery Clinic between 2007 and 2017 were retrospectively studied. The data were evaluated in terms of age, gender, complaint, pathology, respiratory function, radiology, surgery, comorbidity score and mortality. Results; From the 45 patients  with a mean age of 59,1±15,27 included, 64,4% (n=29) were female and 35,6% (n=16) were men. On the radiological scanning, 42,2% of the patients were found to be Morgagni, 8,9% were Bochdalek and 11,1% were Hiatal Hernia. 37,8% of the patients under went surgical treatment due to diaphragm evantration. The most common symptom was respiratory distress (53.3%) and the most common pathology was in the left side (51.1%). Surgically, 26.2% of the patients had a plication due to evantration. 92.3% of the diaphragmatic defects were repaired primary suturation and 7.7% were repaired using a prosthesis. Morbidity rate was 4.8% and mortality was seen in 2 patients. Conclusion:Surgical treatment options for diaphragm, especially in patients with symptoms, increase quality of life by reducing patient complaints.

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