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Cardiology in the young · Jun 2008
Off-pump connection of the hepatic to the azygos vein through a lateral thoracotomy for relief of arterio-venous fistulas after a Kawashima procedure.
- Fatima E F G Lopez, Freek van den Heuvel, Petronella G Pieper, Tjalling W Waterbolk, and Tjark Ebels.
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Cardiol Young. 2008 Jun 1;18(3):311-5.
ObjectiveTo connect the hepatic veins to the azygos venous system through a lateral thoracotomy, and without the use of extracorporeal circulation, so as to relieve arteriovenous fistulas after a previous Kawashima operation.MethodsDescription of the operative technique by which the hepatic veins are anastomosed to the hepatic venous system.ResultsThe surgical approach was successfully applied in 3 patients, all of whom showed an excellent rise of saturations of oxygen after redirection of the hepatic venous blood.ConclusionThe operative method presented is an elegant means of redirecting the hepatic venous blood to the pulmonary circulation without the disadvantages of extracorporeal circulation and resternotomy.
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