An alternative technique for Fontan completion in patients with widely separated connections of the inferior systemic veins to the atrial mass.
Several surgical approaches for completion of a total cavopulmonary connection have been established for patients with anomalies of systemic venous connection in association with a functionally univentricular heart. We report an alternative technique designed to address the problem of widely separated inferior systemic veins, in which two extracardiac conduits were used. This technique was performed on three patients and yielded excellent short-term results, allowing us to operate on a beating heart with no need for cardioplegic arrest and aortic cross-clamping.
1Policlinico San Donato Milanese,IRCCS,Milano,Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Pomè
2Service de Chirurgie Cardio-vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis,Université de Tunis El Manar,CHU La Rabta,1007 Tunis,Tunisie.
Faker
F
Ghedira
3Pediatric Cardiology Clinic of Pediatrics,University of Pavia,Pavia,Italy.
Eitan
E
Keizman
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*
Fontan completion; atrial isomerism; separated inferior systemic venous drainage