Minimally invasive surgery for atrial septal defects: a 20-year experience at a single centre

Abstract Background: Intracardiac septal defect tends to be repaired by minimally invasive surgery in both children and adults. This study summarized our strategy of minimally invasive therapy using various lateral mini-thoracotomies in patients with congenital septal defect. Methods: Four hundred and seventy-two patients who underwent minimally invasive repair of intracardiac septal defects (Atrial septal defect, ASD; ventricular septal defect, VSD; atrioventricular septal defect, AVSD) between January 2012 and June 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Those who underwent device closure were excluded. The minimally invasive strategy included three groups. First, right sub-axillary vertical incision group (RSAVI group, N=335, 192 ASDs, 135 VSDs and 8 AVSDs; Second, right anterolateral thoracotomy group (RALT group, N=132, 77 ASDs, 51 VSDs and 4 AVSDs; Third, left anterolateral thoracotomy group (LALT group, N=5, all of them were sub-pulmonary VSDs).Results: Concomitant surgeries included 9 cases of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction relief, 9 mitral repairs and 37 tricuspid repairs. There was one transition from thoracotomy to sternotomy. Three patients required second pump run for residual lesions (2 residual shunts and 1 mitral regurgitation). The age and body weight of RSAVI group were significantly lower than those of RALT and LALT groups. The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 67.3±11.3 min and cross clamp time was 38.1±8.9 min. There was no post-operative death, and complications included 1 chest exploration for bleeding, 1 redo operation due to patch dehiscence during the same admission, 1 transient neural dysfunction, 3 diaphragmatic paresis and 13 atelectasis. The median stay in ICU was 2 days, while the median post-operative hospitalization was 6 days. The echocardiography results before discharge indicated no significant residual lesions. There was no reoperation, no new onset of chest deformities and no sclerosis during the follow up. Conclusions: The commonly seen intracardiac septal defects can be safely and effectively repaired by minimally invasive surgery with good cosmetic results. Right sub-axillary vertical incision is suitable in infants and young children, while right anterior mini-thoracotomy is more commonly used in adolescents and adults. Left anterior mini-thoracotomy is an alternative incision to repair sub-pulmonary artery VSD.

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Minimally invasive surgery for cystic neoplasms of pancreas - a single centre experience

HPB ◽

10.1016/j.hpb.2020.11.762 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. S301-S302

Author(s):

M. Srinivasan ◽

S. Srivatsan Gurumurthy ◽

P. Senthilnathan ◽

V. Nalankilli ◽

N. Anand Vijai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Invasive Surgery ◽

Single Centre ◽

Cystic Neoplasms ◽

Single Centre Experience

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Individualized strategy of minimally invasive cardiac surgery in congenital cardiac septal defects

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery ◽

10.1186/s13019-022-01753-6 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jiaquan Zhu ◽

Yunjiao Zhang ◽

Chunrong Bao ◽

Fangbao Ding ◽

Ju Mei

Keyword(s):

Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Invasive Surgery ◽

Septal Defect ◽

Median Sternotomy ◽

Right Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽

Anterolateral Thoracotomy ◽

Septal Defects ◽

The Right ◽

Residual Lesions

Abstract Background Intracardiac septal defect is repaired using median sternotomy in most centers; however, there are several reports using minimally invasive surgery in both children and adults. This study summarized our strategy of minimally invasive therapy using various lateral mini-thoracotomies in patients with congenital septal defect. Methods In this study, 472 patients who underwent minimally invasive repair of intracardiac septal defects (atrial septal defect, (ASD), ventricular septal defect, (VSD), and atrioventricular septal defect, (AVSD)) from January 2012 to June 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Those who underwent device closure were excluded. The minimally invasive strategy included three groups: the right sub-axillary vertical incision (RSAVI) group (N = 335, including192 ASDs, 135 VSDs and 8 AVSDs); the right anterolateral thoracotomy (RALT) group (N = 132, including 77 ASDs, 51 VSDs and 4 AVSDs); and the left anterolateral thoracotomy (LALT) group (N = 5, all subpulmonary VSDs). Results Concomitant surgeries included nine cases of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction relief, nine cases of mitral repairs and 37 cases of tricuspid repairs. There was one transition from thoracotomy to sternotomy. Three patients required second pump run for residual lesions (two residual VSD shunts and one mitral regurgitation). The age and body weight of the RSAVI group were significantly lower than those of the RALT and LALT groups (all P < 0.01). No postoperative death was observed. Postoperative complications included one case of chest exploration for bleeding, one case of reoperation due to patch dehiscence during the same admission, one case of transient neural dysfunction, three cases of diaphragmatic paresis and 13 cases of atelectasis. The median stay in the intensive care unit was two days, while the median postoperative hospitalization duration was six days. The echocardiography results before discharge indicated no significant residual lesions. No reoperation, no new onset of chest deformities and no sclerosis were observed during the follow-up. Conclusions Intracardiac septal defects can be safely and effectively repaired by minimally invasive surgery with good cosmetic results. RSAVI is suitable in infants and children, while RALT is more commonly used in adolescents and adults. LALT is an alternative incision to repair subpulmonary VSD.

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