title: One-stage repair of ventricular septal defect and severe tracheomalacia by aortopexy and posterior tracheal wall stabilization.
abstract: Tracheomalacia complicates the clinical course of congenital heart disease among infants; however, the surgical treatment of tracheomalacia in conjunction with open heart operations is rarely reported. We report an infant with ventricular septal defect and severe tracheomalacia. The patient was treated with simultaneous intracardiac repair, and the tracheomalacia was relieved by aortopexy for anterior wall collapse and a new technique to fix the posterior wall bulging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Chia
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chun-An
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: En-Ting
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mei-Hwan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shoei-Shen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-Chien
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D055090:Tracheomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome