Use of a bifurcated ePTFE graft for off-pump extracardiac Fontan completion.
A 6-year-old girl underwent off-pump extracardiac Fontan completion. Intrapericardial inferior caval vein was found to be accompanied by the hepatic vein on the left side; a 20 x 10 x 10-mm bifurcated ePTFE graft was used without external shunting. This approach is practical for the surgeons and may result in lower perioperative Fontan pressures/transpulmonary gradients as well as a shorter intubation period and hospital stay.
Goksel
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tireli
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E
Sungur
Z
Z
Harmandar
B
B
Nisli
K
K
Dayioglu
E
E
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011474:Prosthesis Design
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene