Fontan with pedicled pericardium.
Pedicled pericardium is a useful viable material for cardiac surgery. In an adolescent case, the extracardiac lateral tunnel of a Fontan connection was successfully constructed with pedicled pericardium. This procedure is expected to allow the growth of the tunnel and to need no anti-coagulant therapy, while careful long-term follow-up is necessary.
Oda
K
K
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Endo
M
M
Saiki
Y
Y
Shoji
Y
Y
Ohmi
M
M
Tabayashi
K
K
D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*