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Open-square technique using a novel pre-cuffed, spiral-ringed conduit for the Norwood procedure
Tsukasa Ozawa1, Yuzo Katayama1, Noritsugu Shiono1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|April 12, 2017
Abstract:
To avoid stenotic conduit events, 2 modifications were added to Norwood reconstruction with a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit: open-square insertion of a proximal conduit end and use of a pre-cuffed, spiral-ringed conduit. Three consecutive patients treated with this technique successfully underwent bidirectional Glenn with no stenotic events. These modifications are beneficial and safe.