Ectopia cordis, a successful single stage thoracoabdominal repair.

نویسندگان

Khaled Samir

Olivier Ghez

Dominique Metras

Bernard Kreitmann

چکیده

This is a report of a case of the rare ectopia cordis malformation of the thoracoabdominal type without intracardiac anomalies. The patient had a successful single stage repair with reduction of the herniating heart and reconstruction of a cartilaginous cover to protect the heart. The result was very good and the follow up for 13 months was very satisfactory.

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