Ectopia cordis, a successful single stage thoracoabdominal repair.
This is a report of a case of the rare ectopia cordis malformation of the thoracoabdominal type without intracardiac anomalies. The patient had a successful single stage repair with reduction of the herniating heart and reconstruction of a cartilaginous cover to protect the heart. The result was very good and the follow up for 13 months was very satisfactory.
Samir
Khaled
K
Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Sce Pr Metras), La Timone, Children's Hospital, La Timone University Center, 13005 Marseille, France. ksam68@yahoo.com
Ghez
Olivier
O
Metras
Dominique
D
Kreitmann
Bernard
B