Right anterolateral mini-thoracotomy and full sternotomy approaches for Wheat procedure: a propensity-matched comparison
Minjian Kong, Yupeng Sun, Xian Zhu, Xuebiao Li, Dongdong Wei, Aiqiang Dong · 2026
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Description
Minjian Kong leads a team comparing two chest openings for a combined valve and aorta operation, in a 2026 study. The Wheat procedure replaces the aortic valve and the rising aorta in one sitting. A small side cut between ribs offers a less invasive route than sawing the breastbone, but proof for this operation pairing was thin.
Of 163 patients treated over three years, 59 had the small-cut route. Matched groups of 43 each had like starting profiles. The small-cut group spent longer on the heart-lung machine yet lost less blood. No one died in hospital in either group, and no small-cut case needed rescue conversion. New rhythm trouble struck far fewer small-cut patients, who also reported less pain and left sooner.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Minjian Kong, Yupeng Sun, Xian Zhu, Xuebiao Li, Dongdong Wei, Aiqiang Dong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29108 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |