The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 797-799, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
New surgical technique for type B aortic interruption
N Kumar, G Prabhakar, F al-Fadley, Z al-Halees and CM Duran
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Restoring continuity of the aortic arch in aortic interruption continues to
be a problem in terms of both surgical technique and long- term results. We
report here a surgical technique using the left subclavian artery along
with an aberrant right subclavian artery to form a conduit in a patient
with type B interruption, to reestablish aortic continuity.