Alan ODonnell
To begin, a standard median sternotomy was performed and both pleural spaces are widely opened. The anterior diaphragmatic attachments at the pericardium were taken down. The phrenic nerve was identified on the left side. The...
To begin, a standard median sternotomy was performed and both pleural spaces are widely opened. The anterior diaphragmatic attachments at the pericardium were taken down. The phrenic nerve was identified...
While complete atrioventricular septal defect covers a wide spectrum of malformations and pathophysiologies, there are several phenotypic features common in all of them. The phenotypic features are the commonality of...
First, note that there are many accepted strategies for wound closure. The technique will vary based on the weight of the patient and complexity of the wound. Regardless of the...
In this video, the patient is a six-month-old, 6.4 kg infant with a new diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient was at home and presented at the hospital in extremis....
This is a report of a successful slide tracheobronchoplasty for right mainstem bronchial agenesis. Patient is a 2.4kg ex-36 week male (with a corrected gestational age of 39.6 weeks at...
Operation performed: Repair of type 1 common arterial trunk – bovine pericardial baffle (VSD patch) from inlet VSD to truncal valve and placement of 12 mm Hancock RV to PA...
The advantage of the Ross procedure over bioprosthetic or mechanical valve options are the superior hemodynamics, resistance to infection, durability, and lack of thrombogenicity. External support of the thin-walled pulmonary...
The patient was a 4-year, 3-month-old girl with a hypoplastic left heart syndrome (mitral atresia/aortic atresia), anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (right...
The patient was a 22-year-old 72.7 kg man with a diagnosis of Loeys-Dietz syndrome with a mutation in TGRBR1 (Loeys-Dietz Type 1 variant). The patient was initially diagnosed as a...
The patient was a 4-year, 1-month old boy who presented with a postnatal diagnosis of a constellation of left-sided lesions, including coarctation of the aorta, transverse arch hypoplasia, bicuspid aortic...
CTSNet is excited to announce that “Arterial Switch Operation and Mee Procedure” by Alan O’Donnell has won first place in the 2019 Innovation Award Video Competition. Mr O’Donnell is a...
The patient was a 2-year-old girl with VACTERL syndrome. The patient had been adopted from China at two years of age. In China, she underwent unknown procedures to repair her...











