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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Minimally invasive approach to | ==Minimally invasive approach to atrial septal defect/Mini-thoracotomy== | ||
===Steps in the surgery=== | ===Steps in the surgery=== | ||
* Incision made through the right side of the chest. | * Incision made through the right side of the chest. | ||
* Patient put on [[heart-lung bypass machine]]. | * Patient put on [[heart-lung bypass machine]]. | ||
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* Heart closed and restarted | * Heart closed and restarted | ||
* Heart-lung bypass is discontinued | * Heart-lung bypass is discontinued | ||
===Advantages=== | ===Advantages=== | ||
* Less invasive | * Less invasive | ||
* Smaller hospital stay | * Smaller hospital stay | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3] Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]
Overview
Minimally invasive approach to atrial septal defect/Mini-thoracotomy
Steps in the surgery
- Incision made through the right side of the chest.
- Patient put on heart-lung bypass machine.
- Tubes placed in the main artery and vein of the right leg
- The heart stopped during operation.
- Right atrium opened and atrial septal defect exposed
- Defect repaired
- Heart closed and restarted
- Heart-lung bypass is discontinued
Advantages
- Less invasive
- Smaller hospital stay
- Smaller recovery and faster healing of wound
- No or minimal activity restrictions post-surgery
- Lesser infections