One-stage repair of ventricular septal defect and severe tracheomalacia by aortopexy and posterior tracheal wall stabilization.
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.
Wang
Ching-Chia
CC
Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lu
Chun-Wei
CW
Chen
Chun-An
CA
Wu
En-Ting
ET
Wu
Mei-Hwan
MH
Wang
Shoei-Shen
SS
Huang
Shu-Chien
SC
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