title: Off-pump Kawashima operation.
abstract: We describe the technique of Kawashima repair without using cardiopulmonary bypass in 6 consecutive patients of single ventricle morphology with interrupted inferior vena cava and pulmonary stenosis. No patient had central nervous system disorder or chylothorax. The off-pump technique is feasible in Kawashima repair. This technique avoids use of cardiopulmonary bypass, thereby preventing its deleterious effects, which is also economical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Anesthesiology, Innova Childrens Heart Hospital, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India. drpramodreddy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pramod Reddy
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kandakure
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dharmapuram
authors.forename: Nagarajan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramodas
authors.forename: Shastri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramkinkar
authors.forename: Vejendla
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goutami
authors.forename: Ivatury Mrityunjaya
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Samba Murthy
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kona
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D055815:Young Adult