title: The fontan operation starts with the cavopulmonary shunt.
authors: Djoeke
authors: D
authors: Wolff
authors: Joost P
authors: JP
authors: van Melle
authors: Rolf M F
authors: RM
authors: Berger
authors: Tjark
authors: T
authors: Ebels
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*