Pulmonary artery sling: primary repair by tracheal resection in infancy.
Two case reports illustrate a new technique of tracheal resection for primary one-stage correction of pulmonary artery sling. This allows both for removal of the stenotic tracheal segment and for left pulmonary arteriopexy without need for vascular anastomosis.
Jonas
R A
RA
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Spevak
P J
PJ
McGill
T
T
Castaneda
A R
AR
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*