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Aortopexy and thymectomy through lower partial sternotomy for the treatment of airway compression in a patient with right lung agenesis

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2018

Jae H. Lim Open the ORCID record for Jae H. Lim [Opens in a new window] ,
Jae G. Kwak  and
Ji-Hyun Lee
Jae H. Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jae G. Kwak*
Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ji-Hyun Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*
Author for correspondence: Jae G. Kwak, MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82-10-3221-5107; E-mail: switch.surgeon@gmail.com
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Abstract

We managed a case of extrinsic airway compression by adjacent structures in a 1-month-old boy with right lung agenesis and dextro-rotated heart using anterior aortopexy and near total thymectomy.

Keywords

Right lung agenesisdextro-rotated heartaortopexy
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 83 - 84
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Lim JH, Kwak JG, Lee JH (2018) Aortopexy and thymectomy through lower partial sternotomy for the treatment of airway compression in a patient with right lung agenesis. Cardiology in the Young29: 83–84. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118001725

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