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Use of a bifurcated ePTFE graft for off-pump extracardiac Fontan completion
O S Goksel1, E Tireli, Z Sungur
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|July 17, 2007
Abstract:
A 6-year-old girl underwent off-pump extracardiac Fontan completion. Intrapericardial inferior caval vein was found to be accompanied by the hepatic vein on the left side; a 20 x 10 x 10-mm bifurcated ePTFE graft was used without external shunting. This approach is practical for the surgeons and may result in lower perioperative Fontan pressures/transpulmonary gradients as well as a shorter intubation period and hospital stay.
