… In an attempt to reduce the incidence of this complication, Carpentier has devised a new
technique: the sliding leaflet plasty of the posterior leaflet. We report on 48 patients who …

… leaflet (PML) disease is quadrangular resection and annular plication; when the PML is
excessively high, a sliding plasty is … technique, a posterior leaflet folding plasty. It is performed by …

… plasty (FP), an alternative technique for correcting the defect after a posterior mitral leaflet
resection… and traditional leaflet repair versus FP or occasionally sliding plasty as described by …

… presence of a sliding annuloplasty. We describe a novel technique that corrects posterior
leaflet prolapse, minimizes leaflet resection, and preserves posterior leaflet–annulus continuity. …

… Quadrangular resection with sliding plasty The goal of the sliding plasty is to reduce the
height of the posterior leaflet, in circumstances where there is excess tissue, to restore the …

… Resection is performed of P2 and of the prolapsed segments of P1 and P3. In case of extensive
posterior leaflet resection, the sliding plasty … achieving a balanced sliding. To facilitate …

… sliding leaflet plasty that included triangular resections of P2 and P3 using a robot. These
multiple triangular resections … Recognizing the complexity of sliding leaflet plasties, we note …

… Sliding plasty can sufficiently reduce the height of a posterior leaflet and will often prevent …
a classic quadrangular resection and is much smaller than that in the sliding leaflet technique. …

… e Sixteen of these patients (19.0%) had undergone mitral valve repair using leaflet folding
plasty and were included in … 5 The sliding leaflet technique is effective for reducing posterior …

… Therefore, when the supporting indentational chords were resected in the second evaluation,
we then slid the leaflet over slightly, which caused the mitral insufficiency to disappear. …