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.
Lee
Kun-Kuang
KK
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wang
Chih-Hsien
CH
Yu
Hsi-Yu
HY
Chen
Yih-Sharng
YS