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Pulmonary artery "conduit" reconstruction using bovine pericardium following long-segment sleeve resection: a unique
Takeshi Shiraishi1, Masafumi Hiratsuka2, So Miyahara2
1Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Pediatric Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka City, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan. tshiraishi-ths@umin.ac.jp.
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|September 19, 2019
Abstract:
We describe a unique technique for pulmonary artery reconstruction using a bovine pericardial conduit after long-segment sleeve resection of the pulmonary artery. In this technique, the conduit tube was not created in advance but was sewn in situ from a bovine pericardial "sheet" step-by-step to form a desirable diameter, length and curve to fit the vascular defect. This is a safe and secure method to create desirable conduit for long and complex pulmonary artery replacement.