Repair of right ventricular rupture complicating mediastinitis Hon Chi Suen, MBBS, Hendrick B Barner, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 2115-2116 (December 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01083-2
Fig 1 Packing remains in the chest wound to control right ventricular bleeding. The incision has been extended inferiorly, and the rectus sheath exposed with harvest of rectus fascia. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 2115-2116DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01083-2)
Fig 2 Horizontal mattress sutures have been placed through the full thickness of the right ventricular wall and the fascial strips. A soft cardiotomy suction tube is positioned within the right ventricular cavity and a second suction tube is placed inferiorly. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 2115-2116DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01083-2)