Safety and Efficacy of Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Using a Cosmetic Shorter Right Lateral Thoracotomy on Infants Weighing Less than 5 kg

Heart, Lung & Circulation
Gang LiYinglong Liu

Abstract

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of a cosmetic right lateral thoracotomy for ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair in infants weighing less than 5 kg. Eighty-nine infants who underwent a right lateral thoracotomy (right group) and 116 infants who underwent a median sternotomy (median group) were included. Patient characteristics, and perioperative and follow-up data were retrospectively analysed. Patient characteristics were comparable between the two groups as were cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamping time, length of intensive care unit stay, ventilation duration and application of inotropic drugs. Compared to the median group, there was shorter procedure time (p < 0.05), shorter length of incision (p<0.05), and less drainage and transfusion in the right group (p<0.05). The peak airway pressure, partial oxygen pressure, partial carbon dioxide pressure, oxygenation index and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradients were similar for these two groups at the four time points analysed. No deaths occurred in either group and differences in morbidity were insignificant. No cardiac or thoracotomy-related complications occurred within the 18.4 ± 9.9 month follow-up. A right lateral thoracotomy reduces operative traum...Continue Reading

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Sep 3, 2019·Journal of Cardiac Surgery·Ming YangYinglong Liu
Oct 8, 2019·Journal of Investigative Surgery : the Official Journal of the Academy of Surgical Research·Dimos KarangelisFotios Mitropoulos
Oct 22, 2020·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·Guoying AnQianjin Cheng
Apr 27, 2021·Heart, Lung & Circulation·Igor E Konstantinov, Edward Buratto

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