Anatomical exposure of ventricular septal defect.
The ventricular septal defect approached through the right atrium is associated with inadequate exposure and thus difficulty in its closure. The retraction, to expose the defect, leads to distortion of anatomy and a limitation of space to operate. We propose a simple procedure of retracting sutures to expose the defect without this limitation.
Pande
Shantanu
S
Department of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
Majumdar
Gauranga
G
Agarwal
Surendra Kumar
SK
Kundu
Anirban
A
Kale
Neeraj
N
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007223:Infant; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery