title: Primary sutureless repair for simple total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with a risk of postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis.
abstract: Late mortality following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is often associated with pulmonary venous stenosis. We describe here two successful cases of primary sutureless repair for simple TAPVC in patients who had a potential risk of postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis. A 10-day-old neonate with mixed-type TAPVC and a 30-day-old infant with supracardiac TAPVC underwent primary sutureless repair with our modification. In the early follow-up, both patients are now doing well and have no signs of pulmonary venous stenosis. The sutureless repair can be applied as a primary surgical option to prevent postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis in selective patients with simple TAPVC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1 Takakuradai, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0081, Japan. tohasegawa_kch@hp.pref.hyogo.jp
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruo
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuhisa
authors.forename: Tasuku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noda
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*