Off-pump Kawashima operation.

Kandakure, Pramod Reddy; Dharmapuram, Anil Kumar; Ramodas, Nagarajan; Ramkinkar, Shastri; Goutami, Vejendla; Rao, Ivatury Mrityunjaya; Kona, Samba Murthy · Ann Thorac Surg · 2010

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

We describe the technique of Kawashima repair without using cardiopulmonary bypass in 6 consecutive patients of single ventricle morphology with interrupted inferior vena cava and pulmonary stenosis. No patient had central nervous system disorder or chylothorax. The off-pump technique is feasible in Kawashima repair. This technique avoids use of cardiopulmonary bypass, thereby preventing its deleterious effects, which is also economical.

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