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Introduction
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1. Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
2. Exposure and Surgical Approach
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A. Incision Made in Third Right Anterior Intercostal Space
B. Pectoral Muscles are Incised Medially and Split Towards Lateral End of Incision
C. Chest Entered and Internal Mammary Vessels Divided and Ligated at Medial End of Incision
D. Chest Retractor Placed to Widen Incision. Lung is Retracted by Moist Wet Sponge
E. Thymus is Mobilized Away from the Superior Vena Cava (on the right), Taking Care Not to Injure the Phrenic Nerve
F. The Ipsilateral Thymic Lobe is Resected, Exposing the Innominate Artery, Vein and Aorta
G. Ipsilateral Pericardium is Incised and Opened to Expose Roots of Great Vessels
3. Optimal Placement of Aortopexy Sutures
4. Placement of Aortopexy Sutures
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A. Under Direct Bronchoscopy, the Sutures are Tied Down to Approximate the Innominate Artery to the Sternum
5. Closure
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Aortopexy for Innominate Artery Compression of the Trachea
Walter Chwals, MD
,
Carl-Christian A. Jackson, MD
,
Andrew Scott, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
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General Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
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Authors
Walter Chwals, MD
Carl-Christian A. Jackson, MD
Andrew Scott, MD
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Tufts University School of Medicine
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Article ID
10
Production ID
0055
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Issue
10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24296/jomi/10