{"title":"Lower Partial Mini-Sternotomy for Congenital Cardiac Surgery","authors":"David Blitzer, Ismail Bouhout, Emile Bacha","doi":"10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2022.06.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the continuous decrease in morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery, there has been a trend toward the development of operative techniques that are aimed toward improving other measures such as cosmetic outcomes. We have previously reported on such efforts, where a lower partial mini sternotomy is utilized to limit the skin incision and extent of median sternotomy. In this article we detail the operative technique for lower partial mini-sternotomy for the repair of congenital cardiac defects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35965,"journal":{"name":"Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"27 3","pages":"Pages 289-293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1522294222000654","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
With the continuous decrease in morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery, there has been a trend toward the development of operative techniques that are aimed toward improving other measures such as cosmetic outcomes. We have previously reported on such efforts, where a lower partial mini sternotomy is utilized to limit the skin incision and extent of median sternotomy. In this article we detail the operative technique for lower partial mini-sternotomy for the repair of congenital cardiac defects.
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Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery provides richly illustrated articles on techniques in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery written by renowned surgeons. Each issue presents cardiothoracic topics in adult cardiac, congenital, and general thoracic surgery. Each specialty of interest to the thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon is explored through two different approaches to a specific surgical challenge. Each article is thoroughly illustrated with original line drawings, actual intraoperative photos, and supporting tables and graphs.