A Case of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Clipping the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Child.

VernacularTitle:小児動脈管開存症に対する胸腔鏡下手術の１例
Author: Mitsuaki Matsumoto ; Takato Hata ; Kohki Nakamura ; Yoshimasa Tsushima ; Sohei Hamanaka ; Hidenori Yoshitaka ; Susumu Shinoura ; Hitoshi Minami ; Satoru Otani
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: VATS
From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2000;29(1):49-52
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) to clip the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), which was 5mm in internal diameter, in an 11-year-old girl, who first underwent a coil embolization ending in failure. Under general anesthesia with one-lung ventilation in a right lateral decubitus position, four thoracostomies were made in the left hemithorax. The PDA was clipped by two titanium clips, the length of which is 11mm at closing. Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed the location of the PDA and the absence of a residual shunt. The patient showed neither left recurrent laryngeal nerve dysfunction nor hemorrhage after operation, and was discharged on the 9th postoperative day. The clipping of the PDA by VATS can be applied for PDA without calcification if the external diameter is up to 7mm. This technique was minimally invasive and reliable. It was excellent in terms of the high quality of life achieved by the patient.