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Unexpected extraction of a ventricular septal defect patch without an interventricular shunt
N Ishigami1, Y Yokoyama, M Osawa
1First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 1, 1994
Summary
A rare complication, a mediastinocutaneous fistula, occurred 13 years after tetralogy of Fallot repair. A ventricular septal defect patch was unexpectedly removed during fistula treatment, with no residual shunt found. The patient recovered well.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Thoracic Surgery
- Medical Case Reports
Background:
- Tetralogy of Fallot is a complex congenital heart defect requiring surgical correction.
- Long-term complications after congenital heart defect repair can occur years later.
- Mediastinocutaneous fistulas are rare but serious post-surgical complications.