title: Unintended Pulmonary Artery Ligation during PDA Ligation.
abstract: A 10-day-old boy was transferred to our hospital due to tachypnea. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), 4.8 mm in diameter, with small ASD was diagnosed on echocardiography. Surgical ligation of the ductus was performed after failure of three cycles of ibuprofen. However, the ductus remained open on routine postoperative echocardiography on the second postoperative day, and chest CT revealed inadvertent ligation of the left pulmonary artery (LPA) rather than the PDA. Emergent operation successfully reopened the clipped LPA and ligated the ductus on the same (second postoperative) day.Mechanical ventilator support was weaned on postoperative day 21, and the baby was discharged on postoperative day 47 with a normal left lung shadow.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Dohun
authors: D
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Si-Wook
authors: SW
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Hong-Ju
authors: HJ
authors: Shin
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Jong-Myeon
authors: JM
authors: Hong
authors: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Ji Hyuk
authors: JH
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors: Heon-Seok
authors: HS
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*