A Successful Case of Sutureless Pulmonary Artery Plasty Using Autologous Tissue for Severe Pulmonary Stenosis after a Rastelli Operation.
10.4326/jjcvs.31.236
- VernacularTitle:ラステリ術後高度肺動脈狭窄に対し周囲癒着組織を利用した肺動脈形成術の１治験例
- Author:
Masahiro Yoshida
;
Masaaki Yamagishi
;
Yoshiaki Yamada
;
Katsuji Fujiwara
;
Jun Fukumoto
;
Keisuke Shunto
;
Nobuo Kitamura
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2002;31(3):236-238
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
An 11-year-old boy, who underwent a Rastelli operation using a 14mm artificial graft and left pulmonary artery (PA) plasty with an autologous pericardium patch 7 years previously, had severe recurrent left pulmonary stenosis. Reoperation was performed including right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and left PA plasty. The PA at the most stenotic site was only 2mm in diameter; it was enlarged to 10mm by good exposure and an incision on the pulmonary intima. A bovine pericardium patch with a handmade ePTFE valve was sutured onto the autologous tissue not onto the pulmonary intima to avoid restenosis and in expectation of the growth of the pulmonary orifice. On postoperative 3-D CT, the left pulmonary artery was patent and 9mm in diameter. Pulmonary scintigraphy showed an improvement in the left pulmonary perfusion. This sutureless technique was useful in this case of severe pulmonary stenosis.
