Surgical correction of scoliosis in children with congenital heart failure (Fontan circulation): case report and literature review.
Patients with Fontan circulation represent a significant cardiorespiratory risk during spinal surgery. We report about two patients with severe scoliosis and Fontan circulation and their successful operative treatment. The case report will be compared with the national and international literature.
Leichtle
Carmen I
CI
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. carmen.leichtle@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Kumpf
Matthias
M
Gass
Matthias
M
Schmidt
Eckhard
E
Niemeyer
Thomas
T
D000293:Adolescent; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators / Q000592:standards; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome