scholarly journals Left Anterior Trap-Door Thoracostomy Approach for Modified Bentall’s Operation in a Patient with Severe Pectus Excavatum and Acute Aortic Dissection Type A: A Case Report

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Jarun Sayasathid ◽  
Siraphop Thapmongkol ◽  
Kanthachat Thatsakorn

Acute aortic dissection type A is an urgent condition that requires a surgical treatment. Especially in patientswith Marfan syndrome and severe Pectus excavatum, the surgery could be more complicated and life-threatening. Among these, we reported a successful left anterior trap-door thoracostomy approach for urgency modified Bentall’s operation without operation for Pectus excavatum and no complication was found. 

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