Ukukhubazeka kwe-diaphragm kuyisimo sezokwelapha esibonakala ngokulahlekelwa ingxenye noma okuphelele kokusebenza kwemisipha ye-diaphragm, okuyiyona ebangela ukuphefumula. Lesi simo singabangelwa yizici ezahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukulimala kwemizwa, ukulimala, noma izifo ezithile.
Ukuhlinzwa kwe-VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) kuyindlela yokuhlinzwa engavamile kakhulu eyenziwa ngaphansi kwe-anesthesia ejwayelekile. Ngesikhathi senqubo, udokotela ohlinzayo wenza izimbobo ezincane odongeni lwesifuba futhi usebenzisa ikhamera yevidiyo kanye namathuluzi akhethekile ukufinyelela i-diaphragm. Udokotela ohlinzayo ube esethunga imisipha ye-diaphragm ukuze abuyisele ukusebenza kwayo, ngaleyo ndlela athuthukise amandla okuphefumula esiguli.
Isikhathi sokululama siyahlukahluka kuye ngesiguli ngasinye kanye nobubanzi benqubo yokuhlinzwa. Iziguli zingalindela ukuhlala esibhedlela izinsuku ezimbalwa ngemva kokuhlinzwa ukuze ziqaphele amazinga azo okuphefumula kanye nobuhlungu. Isiguli sizokhuthazwa ukuba senze izivivinyo zokuphefumula ezijulile ukuze sithuthukise ukusebenza kwamaphaphu futhi sivimbele izinkinga ezifana ne-pneumonia.
UMnu. Mohammed Khaja Abdul Rashed waseNanded uphumelele ekwenzeni i-VATS Diaphragm Plication Procedure ezibhedlela zaseYashoda, eHyderabad, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. Manjunath Bale, uMeluleki weRobotic kanye nodokotela weSifuba oNcane.