Abstract
Pulmonary artery band (PAB) is performed through a thoracotomy or median sternotomy, depending on the surgeon’s preference. The rationale for using a thoracotomy approach has been to facilitate median sternotomy for the eventual definitive repair. Over the past 10 years, however, redo sternotomy techniques have improved, and redo is no longer a risk factor for reoperations. Most surgeons now prefer a median sternotomy approach for PAB because of the improved exposure for anatomic and physiologic manipulations. The exposure for PAB shown in this chapter, therefore, is through a median sternotomy.
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Mavroudis, C. (2015). Palliation Techniques. In: Mavroudis, C., Backer, C. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5319-1_2
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