Cardiac relocation and chest wall reconstruction after separation of thoracopagus conjoined twins with a single heart.
作者信息
Fishman Steven J, Puder Mark, Geva Tal, Jenkins Kathy, Ziegler Moritz M, Shamberger Robert C
机构信息
Departments of Surgery and Cardiology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
出版信息
J Pediatr Surg. 2002 Mar;37(3):515-7. doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.30867.
Separation of thoracopagus conjoined twins with a single heart and the twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence yielded a single surviving infant with a protuberant heart covered by ribs and soft tissue from the nonsurviving twin. At 13 months of age, the heart was relocated in the chest after caudal mobilization of the diaphragms. The protective tissue cage was removed and a normal chest contour established. This technique also may be useful in the treatment of thoracic ectopia cordis.
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