This video presents the case of minimally invasive mitral valve and ALCAPA repair in a twenty-one-month-old female patient. This operation was performed through a right axillary minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal space.
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August 24, 2023
August 23, 2023
In this video, a four-year-old boy with a sinus venosus atrial septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return underwent an intraatrial baffle repair via vertical right axillary thoracotomy.
Minimal Invasive Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Tips and Pitfalls
August 22, 2023
The authors of this video demonstrate their technique for VSD closure through a right minimal invasive axillary thoracotomy.
August 21, 2023
This video demonstrates ASD closure through a midaxillary minithoracotomy in a twelve-month-old infant weighing 7 kg.
August 18, 2023
In the newest CTSNet Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” Dr.
August 17, 2023
Joel Dunning discusses recent news in CT surgery and the latest CTSNet content.
August 17, 2023
This video shows the case of a ten-month-old infant who presented with cyanosis secondary to complex functional single ventricle in the setting of heterotaxy syndrome and underwent Kawashima procedure as stage I palliation.
August 16, 2023
Recently, NICE released guidance from the British regulatory body limiting the Ozaki operation to research until further review, which is scheduled in three calendar years. The overarching concern appears to be the durability of the autoprosthesis. NICE guidelines have the strongest influence in healthcare in the United Kingdom and often abroad.
August 14, 2023
This video explains how a ruptured sinus of Valsalva (RSOV) obscured the presence of ventricular septal defect (VSD) in a patient, who underwent device closure for the same. The presence of VSD caused hemolysis in the patient in the post procedure period, for which it required surgical removal of the device and closure of the RSOV and VSD.
August 11, 2023
The first domino transplant procedure performed on infants was successfully completed recently in New York City. One patient needed a heart transplant because of cardiomyopathy and was able to donate a heart valve to another infant, who was only born with one.