THORACOSCOPIC CLOSURE OF A CONGENITAL PARTIAL PERICARDIAL DEFECT

Authors
YAMAGISHI T ISHIKAWA S YOSHIDA I OHTAKI A TAKAHASHI T OHKI S SAKATA S MORISHITA Y
Citation
T. Yamagishi et al., THORACOSCOPIC CLOSURE OF A CONGENITAL PARTIAL PERICARDIAL DEFECT, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 27(9), 1997, pp. 874-875
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
874 - 875
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1997)27:9<874:TCOACP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We describe our technique for performing direct thoracoscopic closure of a congenital partial pericardial defect, which was successfully emp loyed in a 15-year-old boy. This is the first such report of a procedu re that is noninvasive and may therefore become the treatment of choic e for patients with a small congenital pericardial defect.