A technique for the prevention of hoarseness during surgery for distal aortic arch aneurysm.
Hoarseness occurs frequently after surgery to repair distal aortic arch aneurysms when using only a median sternotomy approach. We describe a useful technique which protects the left recurrent laryngeal nerve during this procedure and reduces the incidence of postoperative hoarseness.
Onoguchi
Katsuhisa
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan.
Hachiya
Takashi
T
Sasaki
Tatsuumi
T
Hashimoto
Kazuhiro
K
Takakura
Hiromitsu
H
Hanai
Makoto
M
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery