[A new design of annulus sizer].
Reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract at the time of total correction of tetralogy of Fallot, the pulmonary valve annulus has been sized with fingers and Hegar dilators at our institute. But it has not always been sized correctly. To preclude such a problem, we designed new annulus sizers which have two cylindrical parts and a flexible handle (100 mm). The cylindrical parts are 40 mm in length, 8 to 30 mm in diameter, and have three lines marked every 10 mm from the end. Adjustment of the line to the valve annulus allows for correct measurement of the size. Moreover, we consider these sizers to be beneficial for annuloplasty of the atrioventricular valve, measurement of the mitral valve area after commissurotomy and the inner diameter of arteries.
Koyama
K
K
First Department of Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Suzuki
S
S
Kako
N
N
Itoya
O
O
Koyama
M
M
Hasegawa
T
T
Narita
J
J
Takeuchi
K
K
Takahashi
S
S
Iwabuchi
S
S
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000473:pathology; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery