Extracardiac Fontan Operation Through a Right Thoracotomy

Suvro S Sett; Rocco J Lafaro

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.017

Extracardiac Fontan Operation Through a Right Thoracotomy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug;104(2):e147-e149. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.017.

Authors

Suvro S Sett¹, Rocco J Lafaro²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, The Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York. Electronic address: setts@wcmc.com.
² Adult Cardiac Surgery, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.

PMID: 28734438
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.017

Abstract

An extracardiac Fontan operation through a right thoracotomy incision is an alternative approach in children who have an ascending aorta that is in close proximity to the sternum, as in aortic atresia or transposed great vessels, and in those who have had prior mediastinitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fontan Procedure / methods*
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Thoracotomy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed