Takahashi M, Kanazawa H, Yamazaki Y, Ueno M, Sakano T
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan;69(1):293-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01226-6.
We created an atrial septal defect (ASD) using a Ferris-Smith-Kerrison bone punch under transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring for infants with complex congenital heart diseases, eg, transposition of the great arteries. We describe a safe and easy technique of ASD creation instead of Blalock-Hanlon operation.