title: Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection without cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Two infants with asplenia syndrome and pulmonary venous obstruction underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection without cardiopulmonary bypass in 1988. Using a side-biting clamp, an anastomosis between the left upper pulmonary vein and left superior vena cava-atrial junction was satisfactorily created without undue instability. Furthermore, both cases had the advantage of efficient growth in the anastomotic site postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Hyogo, Japan. y.ootaki@nifty.ne.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ootaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery