Totally thoracoscopic surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
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.
Xu
Xuezeng
X
Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Yu
Shiqiang
S
Wang
Weiguang
W
Chen
Min
M
Wang
Yongxiang
Y
Zhang
Zhixin
Z
Yi
Dinghua
D
D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy