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Cost-effectiveness of transaxillary muscle-sparing same-day operative closure of patent ductus arteriosus
F Cetta1, S Y Deleon, P T Roughneen
1Adult Congenital Heart Clinic, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Transaxillary muscle-sparing patent ductus arteriosus closure performed as same-day surgery is described in 10 patients. This approach provides a superb cosmetic result while obviating the need for thoracostomy tube placement.