Novel Use of the Urchin® Heart Positioner for Repair of Pericardial Rupture in Cardiac Subluxation: Case Report and Review of Management-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Novel Use of the Urchin® Heart Positioner for Repair of Pericardial Rupture in Cardiac Subluxation: Case Report and Review of Management

Published:2020-05 Issue:3 Volume:15 Page:286-289
ISSN:1556-9845
Container-title:Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:Innovations�(Phila)

Author:

Sarkeshik Amir A.¹,Jamal Ala Z.¹,Rodriguez Victor M.¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UC-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

Abstract

A 65-year-old man was involved in a multivehicle collision from which he sustained blunt polytrauma involving the abdomen and chest. Imaging of the chest revealed biventricular cardiac herniation into the left chest with an associated pneumopericardium. He underwent emergent surgical management with repositioning of the heart and repair of associated pericardial rupture. Exposure was facilitated with the novel use of an off-pump coronary surgery heart positioner. This report highlights the management of these rare blunt traumatic injuries in addition to using the Urchin® heart positioner for optimal exposure.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1556984520919809

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