title: Totally thoracoscopic surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
abstract: We report a case of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a 6-year-old boy who was successfully treated by thoracoscopic surgery. We believe this is the first report of the use of totally thoracoscopic surgery for the correction of a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Xuezeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shiqiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Weiguang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yongxiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dinghua
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy