Off-pump Kawashima operation.
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.
Kandakure
Pramod Reddy
PR
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Anesthesiology, Innova Childrens Heart Hospital, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India. drpramodreddy@yahoo.com
Dharmapuram
Anil Kumar
AK
Ramodas
Nagarajan
N
Ramkinkar
Shastri
S
Goutami
Vejendla
V
Rao
Ivatury Mrityunjaya
IM
Kona
Samba Murthy
SM
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