title: Extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.
abstract: We report the case of a 6-year-old child who underwent definitive conversion to the Fontan circulation using a newly conceived operative technique. This new procedure allows the operation to be performed as a totally extracardiac operation and is based on the hydrodynamic principles of the total cavopulmonary connection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Laschinger
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ringel
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*