Key result
Commando operation reconstructs the intervalvular fibrosa using a folded bovine patch for invasive endocarditis.
Why the study?
Invasive endocarditis of the aortic and mitral valves involving the intervalvular fibrosa presents a particular surgical challenge.
Describes the Commando operation, a surgical technique utilizing a folded bovine pericardial patch for reconstructing the intervalvular fibrosa during double valve replacement for invasive endocarditis.
Describes a pericardial patch technique for fibrosa reconstruction in invasive endocarditis; leaves open prospective outcome data before wider adoption.
Invasive endocarditis of the aortic and mitral valves with involvement of the intervalvular fibrosa is a particular surgical challenge. We describe a technique for aortic and mitral valve replacement with concomitant reconstruction of the intervalvular fibrosa, utilizing a folded bovine pericardial patch (Commando operation).
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Miletic et al. (2020) studied this question. The Commando operation reconstructs the intervalvular fibrosa using a folded bovine pericardial patch during aortic and mitral valve replacement for invasive endocarditis.
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