Christoph Mueller,Hitendu Dave,René Prêtre
Christoph Mueller
This report presents a trans-aortic trans-infundibular double-patch repair of an aorto-left ventricular tunnel in a 17-day old male child. It reviews the literature on aorto-ventricular tunnels and debates strategic and surgical options ava...
Minimally invasive subxiphoid-right, videothoracoscopic technique of thymectomy for thymoma and rethymectomy [0.03%]
微创右胸剑突下入路纵隔肿瘤及二次切除胸腔镜手术技术
Marcin Zielinski
Marcin Zielinski
Minimally invasive subxiphoid-right, videothoracoscopic (VATS) technique of thymectomy for thymoma is presented. This approach enables complete removal of the whole thymus, with visualization of the lower poles of the thyroid. The whole dis...
Axillary artery cannulation [0.03%]
腋动脉穿刺术
Davide Calvaruso,Pierre Voisine,Siamak Mohammadi et al.
Davide Calvaruso et al.
Axillary artery cannulation is indicated mainly during surgery involving the aortic root and the aortic arch when the pathology precludes a standard cannulation of the ascending aorta. Axillary cannulation provides an antegrade systemic flo...
Mitral valve replacement and tricuspid valve repair through a transseptal approach for double-valve endocarditis [0.03%]
房间隔入路双瓣膜手术治疗双瓣炎重症心内膜炎
John R Doty,William T Caine
John R Doty
The transseptal approach is a useful technique for patients who have valvular disease involving both the mitral and tricuspid valves. This incision provides excellent exposure for addressing pathology on both valves and has the added advant...
David Spielvogel
David Spielvogel
A critical consideration in the operative strategy for aortic arch replacement, how best to protect the brain while providing surgical access to the cerebral vessels, involves two key aspects: minimizing cerebral ischaemia and preventing ce...
Carinal resection [0.03%]
部分肺叶切除术
Lorenzo Spaggiari,Francesco Petrella,Domenico Galetta
Lorenzo Spaggiari
Carinal resection is defined as the resection of tracheo-bronchial bifurcation, with or without lung parenchyma resection. It represents one of the most challenging areas of airway resection and reconstruction, basically due to the variabil...
Ralph J Damiano Jr,Marci Bailey
Ralph J Damiano Jr
Numerous devices are being used for the ablation of atrial fibrillation. All of the technologies used appropriately can be effective in the clinical situation. At our institution, we have favored bipolar radiofrequency ablation. Numerous ex...
Gaetano Gargiulo,Guido Oppido,Emanuela Angeli et al.
Gaetano Gargiulo et al.
Surgical repair of the aortic arch is entailed in the neonatal period of patients with: hypoplastic left heart syndrome, interrupted aortic arch, hypoplastic aortic arch and complex aortic coarctation. Aortic arch surgery requires a period ...
Surgery for subvalvar aortic stenosis - resection of discrete subvalvar aortic membrane [0.03%]
主动脉瓣下狭窄外科治疗-离断性主动脉瓣下隔膜切除术
Viktor Hraska,Joachim Photiadis,Claudia Arenz
Viktor Hraska
Discrete subvalvar aortic membrane is characterized by a fibromuscular shelf located at the area of aortomitral continuity with the extension toward the interventricular septum. As compared to other congenital heart defects, discrete subval...
Transcervical-subxiphoid-VATS "maximal" thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [0.03%]
经颈剑突下小切口胸腔镜“最大范围”的胸腺切除术治疗重症肌无力患者的安全性和有效性
Marcin Zielinski,Jaroslaw Kuzdzal,Tomasz Nabialek
Marcin Zielinski
A maximally extended thymectomy is performed through four incisions: a transverse 5-8 cm incision in the neck, a 4-6 cm subxiphoid incision and two 1 cm incisions for videothoracoscopic ports. The cervical part of the procedure is performed...