title: Extracardiac conduit composed of gutter-shaped prosthesis and pedicled pericardial valved patch for pulmonary trunk reconstruction.
abstract: A conduit for reconstruction of the pulmonary trunk is presented. A Gelseal vascular prosthesis (Vascutek Ltd, Inchinnan, Scotland) was split longitudinally in two halves, and one half was used as a posterior wall of the conduit like a gutter. The anterior wall was constructed by a pedicled pericardial valved patch. Finally, the proximal anastomosis of the conduit was completed with a gusset cut from the Gelseal prosthesis. This conduit can be applied to patients who require the Rastelli procedure, and growth potential of the pedicled pericardial patch may be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohmi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoji
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*