Background: Blunt injury to the cardiac valves leads to progressive ventricular failure often requiring surgical management. Most frequently, prosthetic replacement is the chosen management.
Methods: Three consecutive patients presenting to one surgeon with blunt traumatic valve lesions formed the study group.
Results: At operation, the valvular pathology was assessed, and reparative techniques were used to correct the defects. All the patients had an excellent outcome at follow-up periods of 2 to 3 years.
Conclusions: Conservative operation to repair traumatic valve lesions is feasible and has potential advantages over replacement.