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Right infraaxillary thoracotomy for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. 2013

Toshiaki Ito, and Atsuo Maekawa, and Satoshi Hoshino, and Yasunari Hayashi

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. cvs1@nagoya-1st.jrc.or.jp

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement has been performed via partial sternotomy, the parasternal approach, and anterior intercostal approaches. We successfully performed aortic valve replacement through a small right infraaxillary thoracotomy in 25 patients, with the aid of a thoracoscope and a knot-pusher. The patients were 9 men and 16 women with a mean age of 72.6 years. Our approach had better cosmetic results than traditional approaches through the anterior chest wall. This method did not require rib transection or sacrifice of the internal thoracic artery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D001021	Aortic Valve	The valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle.	Aortic Valves,Valve, Aortic,Valves, Aortic
D001365	Axilla	Area of the human body underneath the SHOULDER JOINT, also known as the armpit or underarm.	Armpit,Underarm
D013908	Thoracotomy	Surgical incision into the chest wall.	Thoracotomies
D019060	Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures	Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.	Minimal Access Surgical Procedures,Minimal Surgical Procedures,Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure,Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive,Minimal Surgical Procedure,Minimally Invasive Surgery,Procedure, Minimal Surgical,Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical,Procedures, Minimal Surgical,Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Minimal,Surgical Procedures, Minimal,Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access,Minimally Invasive Surgeries,Surgeries, Minimally Invasive,Surgery, Minimally Invasive