Polyester mesh: an alternative material for reinforcing the pulmonary autograft root.

Abstract

Today, it is widely accepted that the pulmonary autograft should be reinforced when used as a root in the Ross operation. Various techniques using a vascular conduit have been reported. Herein is described an alternative technique, using a polyester mesh, that was applied in a 15-year-old boy with recurrent congenital stenosis. The advantages of using a mesh rather than a solid vascular prosthesis are discussed.

• Authors: Delphine Mitilian, Nejib Zargouni, Rachid Mechmeche, Christophe Acar
• Journal: The Journal of heart valve disease (J Heart Valve Dis) Vol. 20 Issue 5 Pg. 587-9 (Sep 2011) ISSN: 0966-8519 [Print] England
• PMID: 22066365 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Anastomosis, Surgical
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures (methods)
• Humans
• Male
• Pulmonary Valve (transplantation)
• Surgical Mesh
• Suture Techniques
• Transplantation, Autologous
• Transplantation, Homologous