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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Right posterior-lateral minithoracotomy access for treating congenital heart disease
Vladimiro L Vida1, Massimo A Padalino, Anil Bhattarai
1Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. vladimirovida@yahoo.it
Abstract:
A modified right posterior-lateral minithoracotomy with the aid of peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass is a surgical option that has been adopted in our institution in selected patients with simple congenital heart disease. We present our selection criteria, describe our technique, and analyze our results with this modified technique.
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