Thoracoscopic closure of a congenital partial pericardial defect.
We describe our technique for performing direct thoracoscopic closure of a congenital partial pericardial defect, which was successfully employed in a 15-year-old boy. This is the first such report of a procedure that is noninvasive and may therefore become the treatment of choice for patients with a small congenital pericardial defect.
Yamagishi
T
T
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ishikawa
S
S
Yoshida
I
I
Ohtaki
A
A
Takahashi
T
T
Ohki
S
S
Sakata
S
S
Morishita
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D004724:Endoscopy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy