title: Early double switch with Lecompte maneuver for life-threatening airway obstruction.
abstract: A 6-month-old boy with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and mild pulmonary valve stenosis presented with acute obstructive respiratory life-threatening events. Airways obstruction was caused by aneurysmal dilation of the branch pulmonary arteries compressing the carina and bronchi. The child was ventilator dependent. A double switch operation with Lecompte maneuver was performed, bringing the pulmonary arteries forward and relieving the airway compression. The child made a complete recovery and remains well 9 months later with no clinical or radiologic signs of airway compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Diana Princess of Wales, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lo Rito
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kudumula
authors.forename: Tarak
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Brawn
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D000080041:Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods
keywords: 20