title: Open heart operation in a young child with spherocytosis.
abstract: Open heart operations on patients with hereditary spherocytosis have been reported rarely. Young children who have not yet undergone splenectomy have a high risk of intraoperative hemolysis because of the heart-lung machine and secondary renal failure. We report the case of a 15-month-old child with spherocytosis who underwent an open heart operation without serious complications as a result of careful and appropriate perioperative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawahira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kayatani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
mesh_terms: D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*