Alan ODonnell

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July 17, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

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...

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July 17, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

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...

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July 11, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

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...

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July 2, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

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...

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July 13, 2021 | David Lehenbauer

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...

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March 4, 2021 | Dennis Wells

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...

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January 25, 2021 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

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...

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September 11, 2020 | David Morales

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...

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May 20, 2020 | James Tweddell

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...

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April 29, 2020 | Roosevelt Bryant

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...

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March 13, 2020 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

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...

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March 4, 2020 | Roosevelt Bryant

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...