Transaxillary Approach for Surgical Repair of Simple Congenital Cardiac Lesions: Pitfalls, and Complications.
Praveen Reddy BayyaBrijesh Parayaru KottayilBalaji SrimuruganRakhi BalachandranJessin Puliparambil JayashankarLuis BaqueroRaman Krishna KumarPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2021)
Right vertical axillary approach can be safely employed to treat simple congenital cardiac lesions with adequate awareness of potential pitfalls. Increasing patient weight increases the surgical time but does not affect CPB times. Incidence of pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema is similar to other thoracotomy approaches. It is cosmetically superior.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- risk factors
- lymph node
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- body mass index
- case report
- physical activity
- weight loss
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- weight gain
- radiation therapy
- human health
- ultrasound guided
- coronary artery disease
- body weight
- risk assessment
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic valve