Open heart operation in a young child with spherocytosis.
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.
Kawahira
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center, Japan.
Kishimoto
H
H
Iio
M
M
Ikawa
S
S
Ueda
H
H
Kayatani
F
F
Nakada
T
T
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*