Simple technique to quickly access a RV-PA shunt during the second stage of the Norwood-Fontan pathway.
We describe a simple technique of wrapping the right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt with a PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) band during the first stage of the Norwood procedure, which helps quick and safe access to the shunt during the subsequent stage of the Fontan pathway.
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Childrens Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. hitendu.dave@kispi.unizh.ch
Hitendu
H
Dave
René
R
Prêtre
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011187:Posture; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene