Repair of traumatic tricuspid insufficiency via minimally invasive port access.
We report on a successful tricuspid valve plasty using port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) for severe traumatic tricuspid insufficiency caused by blunt chest trauma suffered 15 years previously. A combination repair procedure, consisting of cleft closures, plication of the anteroseptal commissure, and ring annuloplasty, was necessary to achieve valve competence and proved possible via port access without difficulty. Port-access MICS is an alternative approach for tricuspid valve surgery.
Kasahara
Hirofumi
H
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan. kasahara@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Kudo
Mikihiko
M
Kawajiri
Hiroyuki
H
Yozu
Ryohei
R
D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
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