title: One-and-a-half ventricular repair through the right lateral thoracotomy: an alternative to midline approach in a patient with previous mediastinitis.
abstract: We report a patient who successfully underwent a one-and-a-half ventricular repair (1.5 VR) through a right lateral thoracotomy. In the case of possible hazardous complications at the sternal reentry because of previous mediastinitis, this approach was thought to be an option in selected patients to complete a functional correction by means of 1.5 VR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Atsukata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome