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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 96, 811-815, Copyright © 1988 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Long-term results of the clinical use of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane as a pericardial substitute

Y Harada, Y Imai, H Kurosawa, S Hoshino and K Nakano
Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.

We report our long-term experience with the clinical use of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane as a pericardial substitute in 61 children with congenital heart disease. Twenty-three of these children underwent reoperation successfully, and advantages of the membrane in resternotomy and dissection of the pericardial space were recognized. We have so far experienced no major complications from the use of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane. We conclude that the clinical use of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane as a pericardial substitute is valuable in children with congenital heart disease who are expected to undergo reoperation in the near future.


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