title: Successful single lung fontan operation in 2 children: case reports.
abstract: We report on 2 children, aged 3 and 4 years, with single ventricle physiology who underwent Fontan operation in the presence of a single right lung successfully with good midterm outcome. Therefore, the absence of one lung is not a contraindication for a Fontan palliation in selected patients with optimal hemodynamics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. Daniel.Schmauss@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmauss
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sachweh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kozlik-Feldmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sodian
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Daebritz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome