title: Suture fixation of migrated septal occluder device to prevent further migration: a simple surgical technique.
abstract: As the use of percutaneous intervention is increasing for the closure of the atrial septal defect, the procedure related complications are also on rise, migration of the device being most common. The migrated devices with failed percutaneous retrieval must be removed surgically under cardiopulmonary bypass. During establishment of cardiopulmonary bypass, the handling of heart may cause further migration of the device into other chambers of heart which leads to difficulty in finding and retrieval of the device. The authors propose a simple and unique technique to prevent further migration of the septal occluder device.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery, Postgraduation Institute of Medical Research and Education, Sector- 12, Chandigarh 160012, India. drprashantis@rediffmail.com
authors: Prashant N
authors: PN
authors: Mohite
authors: Sachin A
authors: SA
authors: Kuthe
authors: Shrirang D
authors: SD
authors: Ranade
authors: Pravin P
authors: PP
authors: Kulkarni
authors: Anton
authors: A
authors: Sabashnikov
authors: Aron F
authors: AF
authors: Popov
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D013536:Suture Techniques