Paper Info
Title
Planning of vessel grafts for reconstructive surgery in congenital heart diseases
Abstract
The Fontan operation is a surgical treatment for patients with severe congenital heart disease, where a biventricular correction of the heart can't be achieved. In these cases, a uni-ventricular system is established. During the last step of surgery a tunnel segment is placed to connect the inferior cavel vein directly with the pulmonary artery, bypassing the right atrium and ventricle. Thus, the existing ventricle works for the body circulation, while the venous blood is passively directed to the pulmonary arteries. Fontan tunnels can be placed intra- and extracardially. The location, length and shape of the tunnel must be planned accurately. Furthermore, if the tunnel is placed extracardially, it must be positioned between other anotomical structures without constraining them. We developed a software system to support planning of the tunnel location, shape, and size, making pre-operative preparation of the tunnel material possible. The system allows for interactive placement and adjustment of the tunnel, affords a three-dimensional visualization of the virtual Fontan tunnel inside the thorax, and provides a quantification can be used to plan and prepare the tunnel material for surgery in order to reduce the intra-operative time and to improve the fit of the tunnel patch.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1117/12.844209
Proceedings of SPIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
three dimensional,software systems,visualization,surgery,heart
Computer vision,Norwood procedure,Pulmonary artery,Reconstructive surgery,Computer aided surgery,Vein,Thorax,Ventricle,Artificial intelligence,Surgery,Venous blood,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7625
0277-786X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Urte Rietdorf1103.76
eugenie riesenkampff200.68
t schwarz321.05
titus kuehne423.85
H.P. Meinzer545471.14
ingrid h wolf6203.34