The "excluding" suture technique for surgical closure of ventricular septal defects: A retrospective study comparing the standard technique

• Main Authors: Roy Varghese (Author), Sanni Saheed (Author), Amrutha K Ravi (Author), Ejaz Ahmed Sherrif (Author), Ravi Agarwal (Author), Sivakumar Kothandam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Conventional methods of closure of ventricular septal defects involve placement of sutures 4-5 mm from the posterior inferior margin. This study compares the conventional method with an alternative technique wherein sutures are placed along the edge of the defect thereby "excluding&...