Combined Minimally Invasive Redo Mitral Surgery and Pectus Excavatum Correction
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Marco, Vola; Daniel, Grinberg; Kasra, Azarnoush; Manuel, Lopez; Jean-Pierre, Favre; Olivier, Tiffet
- Source
- Journal of cardiac surgery. 30(7)
- Subject
- Adult
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Male
Reoperation
Sternum
Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Thoracotomy
Funnel Chest
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Mitral Valve
- Language
- ISSN
- 1540-8191
We present a technique of mitral valve surgery performed in a patient with severe pectus excavatum and previous Bentall surgery. Neither redo sternotomy nor conventional right minithoracotomy were thought to provide adequate surgical access to the mitral valve. We therefore opted for a combined procedure comprising sternal reconstruction and right minithoracotomy mitral valve replacement. The mitral valve was replaced and the sternum reconstructed according to the Ravitch technique.