Strictly-posterior thoracotomy: A minimal-access approach for construction of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in West African children

INTRODUCTION: In resource-poor settings, the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) is often performed for symptomatic relief of Fallot's tetralogy. From September 2011, we adopted the strictly posterior thoracotomy (SPOT), a minimal-access technique for the MBTS and report the cosmetic advantag...

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Autores principales: Edwin, Frank, Gyan, Baffoe, Adzamli, Innocent, Tettey, Mark, Entsua-Mensah, Kow, Tamatey, Martin, Sereboe, Lawrence, Aniteye, Ernest, Akyaa-Yao, Nana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018841
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.106.3791

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018841
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.106.3791

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