title: Simple and Useful Method to Minimize Tracheal Compression Resulting From Concave Sternum During Congenital Heart Surgery.
abstract: A 12-month-old boy weighing 5.2 kg underwent surgical repair for a ventricular septal defect (VSD) combined with airway obstruction resulting from pectus excavatum. His right atrium and left main bronchus were extremely compressed by the sternum. To repair the VSD, we performed a sternal closure for pectus excavatum that used a mesh-shaped bioresorbable device (Super Fixsorb MX40; Takiron Co, Ltd, Osaka, Japan) made of hydroxyapatite/poly-L-lactide composites. After the operation, the cardiac and tracheal compression caused by the sternum was alleviated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan. Electronic address: tfjgp484@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*