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 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.
July 24, 2023
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive left atrial myxoma resection using 3D technology.
July 11, 2023
This video is an illustration of the Nikaidoh operation, also referred to as aortic translocation repair, which has largely replaced the Rastelli operation for the indication of d-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.
June 13, 2023
This case demonstrates the feasibility of concomitant pectus excavatum repair with cardiac surgical intervention and illustrates the safety and efficacy of this combined approach.
June 8, 2023
This video demonstrates two different surgical techniques for repair of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery: translocation and unroofing.