Open AccessFontan operation for the Cantrell syndrome using a clamshell incision
Author(s) -
Hiroe Ito,
Nakao Ota,
Masaru Murata,
Kazuhisa Sakamoto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivt286
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fontan procedure , median sternotomy , ventricle , cardiology
A median sternotomy could be difficult for a child with ectopia cordis and complex congenital cardiac anomalies. We report a patient with ectopia cordis, functionally single ventricle and bilateral superior vena cava, who underwent a staged Fontan procedure through a clamshell incision and the sternothoracotomy approach.
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