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Rib-cross thoracotomy for replacement of the thoracoabdominal or total descending aorta
Takuro Tsukube1, Masahiro Yoshimura, Hitoshi Matsuda
1Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|January 7, 2003
Abstract:
We describe the use of rib-cross thoracotomy and costal coaptation pins made with bioabsorbable poly-L-lactide for rib approximation. This thoracotomy provided an excellent intraoperative exposure of the entire descending aorta and thoracoabdominal aorta in patients with extended thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm without increase in postoperative morbidity.