Ali H Mashadi¹ and Sameh M Said^2,3

¹Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
²Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
³Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

*Corresponding Author: Sameh M Said, Professor of Surgery and Pediatric, New York Medical College, Chief, Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Received: October 24, 2023; Published: December 06, 2023

Abstract

Scimitar syndrome is a form of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections that involves the right-sided pulmonary veins. It includes a rare constellation of multiple cardiopulmonary congenital thoracic anomalies. Several techniques have been described for repair of such anomaly; however, the most common approach has been median sternotomy. In the current report, we describe our technique of minimally invasive repair via vertical right axillary thoracotomy

Keywords: Scimitar Syndrome; Vertical Right Axillary Thoracotomy; Minimally Invasive; Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections

References

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Citation

Citation: Ali H Mashadi and Sameh M Said. “Repair of Scimitar Syndrome with Intact Atrial Septum in a Two-Year-Old Child Via Vertical Right Axillary Thoracotomy". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 5.1 (2024): 10-12.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Ali H Mashadi and Sameh M Said. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.