[Right posterolateral thoracotomy in the treatment of of simple and isolated lesions of the heart].
The right posterolateral thoracotomy approach was used in 13 young girls aged from 1 to 8 years for open heart repair of atrial septal defect (ostium secundum and primum) and ventricular septal defect, without morbidity nor mortality. Neither the thoracotomy scar nor impaired growth of the mammary gland were visible. This approach is considered as safe as median sternotomy for open heart repair of isolated and simple cardiac defects, in prepuberty young females.
Sousa Uva
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Service de Chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson.
Roussin
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R
Petit
J
J
Lacour-Gayet
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F
Serraf
A
A
Planché
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C
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
Thoracotomie postéro-droite pour le traitement des lésions simples et isolées du coeur.