Thoracic surgery

This guide will help you get ready for your thoracic surgery at MSK. It will also help you know what to expect during your recovery.

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Cardiac tumors are unusual and cardiac malignancy, usually sarcoma, is a very small subset of these. The literature on cardiac sarcomas of the left heart often exhibited multiple operations for local recurrence, which we believed was related to inadequate resection, likely exacerbated by poor anatomic exposure of the posterior heart for complex resection and reconstruction. Since November 1998, we have approached large complex sarcoma of the left atrium or left ventricle using the technique…

The extracardiac lateral tunnel version of the Fontan procedure involves direct attachment of the superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC) to the pulmonary artery. The SVC anastomosis is a direct end-to-side connection as a bidirectional Glenn shunt. That which typifies this modification of the Fontan procedure is the manner in which the IVC is anastomosed to the pulmonary artery. In this procedure, the IVC is disconnected from the right atrium and attached to the pulmonary…

Pectus Evauateus. (Wrong spelling). Thoracic surgery. Mayo setup.

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Intercostal vein Each intercostal space has a posterior and two anterior intercostal veins accompanying arteries of the same name. Anterior intercostal vein - drain into the musculophrenic and internal thoracic vein similar to their arterial supply Posterior intercostal vein - drain into the azygos and hemi azygos system. - Right 1st intercostal: drain into vertebral vein or brachiocephalic vein on its own - Right 2nd to 4th intercostal: form a single trunk called the right superior…

Thoracic CABG surgery

Osteoarthritis of the manubriosternal joint is a rare cause of chest pain. The diagnosis is difficult, and other serious causes of chest pain have to be ruled out first. We report one case that was treated with fusion of the manubriosternal joint using an iliac crest bone graft with a cervical locking plate and screws with excellent results. Preoperative CT scan images were used to measure the screw length and the drill stop depth. In this case report, we have shown that arthrodesis can be…