Double-barrel Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation is better than end-to-side Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation for preserving the pulmonary valve function: the importance of preserving the shape of the pulmonary sinus.
OBJECTIVE
The Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation sometimes results in deteriorating semilunar valve insufficiency. We verified the semilunar valve function after the Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation and compared the end-to-side Damus-Kaye-Stansel with the double-barrel Damus-Kaye-Stansel.


METHODS
Forty-seven patients who underwent the Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation between June 1993 and August 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. Any patient who underwent a Norwood-type operation was excluded. The median age at operation was 19 months (range, 0-276 months). Forty-five patients were Fontan candidates. Thirty-nine patients underwent pulmonary artery banding before the Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation. Twenty-two patients had undergone an arch repair previously. The semilunar valve function was evaluated by echocardiography.


RESULTS
Thirteen patients underwent the end-to-side Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation, and 34 patients underwent the double-barrel Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation. The mean follow-up period was 71 ± 50 months (range, 1-188 months). Although there were 4 deaths, no death was related to the Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedure. Two of the patients with early death could not undergo a postoperative evaluation of the semilunar valves. The semilunar valve regurgitation mildly deteriorated in 7 patients (pulmonary regurgitation in 5 patients and aortic regurgitation in 2 patients). Pulmonary regurgitation deteriorated from none to mild in 1 patient, none to trivial in 2 patients, and trivial to mild in 2 patients. Both deteriorations in aortic regurgitation ranged from none to trivial. Semilunar valve regurgitation did not affect patients' circulatory condition. The end-to-side Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation more frequently caused a deterioration in pulmonary regurgitation than the double-barrel Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation (4/11 vs 1/34, P = .001). No surgical intervention for a systemic ventricular outflow obstruction was observed in the follow-up period.


CONCLUSIONS
The double-barrel Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation was found to be superior to the end-to-side Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation for the prevention of postoperative pulmonary regurgitation.
Fujii
Yasuhiro
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan. GZE00572@nifty.ne.jp
Kasahara
Shingo
S
Kotani
Yasuhiro
Y
Takagaki
Masami
M
Arai
Sadahiko
S
Otsuki
Shin-ichi
S
Sano
Shunji
S
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*