Abstract
A male patient with omphalocele and thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis was referred to our hospital immediately after birth. Reduction of the omphalocele and ectopia corids was successfully performed using a dura mater prosthesis (Lyodura^<[○!R]>) at 2 hours after birth. Surgical-procedures were 1) to reduce the heart into the thoracoabdominal cavity by making a pocket usuing Lyodura^<[○!R]>, 2) to reconstruct the new pericardial sac by covering the heart using EPTFE sheet, 3) to reconstruct the anterior chest wall using Marlex^<[○!R]> Mesh. Unfortunately on the 74th postoperative day he died of heart failure after cardiac catheterization. Our new surgical repair technique is a method to be satisfied for reduction of the thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis.
