迈阿密幼儿免开胸修复心脏 尼克劳斯儿童医院完成罕见经导管Fontan手术
一名迈阿密幼儿在不开胸、无切口的情况下完成了复杂的心脏修复。据当地媒体10月5日报道，尼克劳斯儿童医院的心脏团队成功为这名幼儿实施了罕见的经导管Fontan手术，以微创介入方式完成这一通常需要开胸大手术的治疗步骤，被当地医疗界视为小儿心脏介入领域的一项突破。Fontan手术是针对单心室型先天性心脏病患儿的分期治疗终点手术，传统方式需要开胸并在体外循环支持下进行，创伤大、恢复期长。经导管路径则通过血管穿刺送入器械完成血流通道构建，避免了胸骨切开，对年龄小、体重低、难以承受再次开胸手术的患儿意义尤其重大。尼克劳斯儿童医院是南佛罗里达地区最主要的小儿专科医院，其心脏中心长期处理来自美国本土及拉美、加勒比地区的复杂先心病转诊病例。医学专家指出，经导管Fontan技术目前全球仅有少数中心能够开展，其长期效果仍需随访验证。资料来源：Hoodline、Miami's Community News
Miami Toddler Gets Rare Heart Fix Without a Single Incision at Nicklaus Children's Hospital
A Miami toddler has received a rare heart repair without a single incision. Local outlets reported on October 5 that specialists at Nicklaus Children's Hospital performed a rare transcatheter Fontan procedure on the young patient, completing through a catheter a stage of treatment that traditionally requires open-heart surgery. The Fontan procedure is the final staged operation for children born with single-ventricle congenital heart defects. Delivered by catheter rather than through a sternotomy, the approach avoids opening the chest and can be transformative for small children who are poor candidates for another major open operation. Nicklaus Children's is South Florida's flagship pediatric hospital. Specialists caution that transcatheter Fontan techniques are available at only a handful of centers worldwide and that long-term outcomes are still being tracked. Source: Hoodline, Miami's Community News
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