Non-visible scar surgery: Right axillary thoracotomy approach for partial atrioventricular canal repair.

Abstract

As the outcomes of the repair of congenital heart defects have improved, minimizing the long-term morbidity associated with these repairs has become more important. Avoiding a midline incision and hiding the incision in the axilla allows a virtual "non-visible scar" repair, which can be beneficial for avoiding future psychological morbidity. In this tutorial, we present our technique for right axillary incision for the repair of a partial common atrioventricular defect.

• Authors: Patrick Myers, Tornike Sologashvili, René Prêtre
• Journal: Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS (Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg) Vol. 2019 (Dec 18 2019) ISSN: 1813-9175 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 31872984 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Video-Audio Media)
• Copyright: © The Author 2016. Published by MMCTS on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Axilla (surgery)
• Cicatrix (surgery)
• Heart Defects, Congenital (surgery)
• Heart Septal Defects (surgery)
• Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular (surgery)
• Humans
• Thoracotomy (methods)