Suprasternal Approach Aortopexy Relieves Tracheal Compression After Nikaidoh Procedure.
Tracheal obstruction secondary to vascular and soft tissue compression, after Nikaidoh procedure, can effectively be managed with aortopexy from a suprasternal incision.
1 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Canada.
David
D
Horne
2 Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Michelle
M
Noga
3 Department of Critical Care, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Vijay
V
Anand
1 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Canada.
Ivan M
IM
Rebeyka
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012086:Reoperation; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
Nikaidoh; compression; innominate artery; suprasternal; trachea