title: Neonatal ductus arteriosus aneurysm causing nerve palsies and airway compression: surgical treatment by decompression without excision.
abstract: A 4-kg male child, born at 34 weeks to a gestational diabetic mother, had a large ductus arteriosus aneurysm causing phrenic and recurrent laryngeal nerve palsies and large airway compression. The right and left atrial appendages and distal descending aorta were cannulated, allowing left heart partial or complete cardiopulmonary bypass as necessary. On bypass the ductus was ligated, decompressed, and oversewn but not excised. Examination 1 month later suggested resolution of the recurrent laryngeal palsy and echocardiography showed regression of the aneurysm. Ductus ligation and decompression was an effective surgical treatment, which is less likely to cause complications than resection.
authors.affiliation: Adolph Basser Cardiac Institute, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia 2145.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hawker
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010791:Phrenic Nerve; D011247:Pregnancy; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery