Yamagishi T, Ishikawa S, Yoshida I, Ohtaki A, Takahashi T, Ohki S, Sakata S, Morishita Y
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Surg Today. 1997;27(9):874-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02385283.
We describe our technique for performing direct thoracoscopic closure of a congenital partial pericardial defect, which was successfully employed in a 15-year-old boy. This is the first such report of a procedure that is noninvasive and may therefore become the treatment of choice for patients with a small congenital pericardial defect.