Hand-made sizing balloon in surgical ventricular restoration.
Left ventricular size and shape are considered as a key issue in surgical ventricular restoration procedure. A commercially preshaped balloon could provide a guide to perform the procedure. We developed a new, reliable and simple method with simple material and without additional sterilization to achieve the similar goal.
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kun-Kuang
KK
Lee
Chih-Hsien
CH
Wang
Hsi-Yu
HY
Yu
Yih-Sharng
YS
Chen