Modified Fontan operation with reconstruction of the nonconfluent pulmonary artery.

Nomura, K; Kurosawa, H; Hashimoto, K; Mizuno, A; Yamagishi, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A modification of the Fontan operation for tricuspid atresia with a nonconfluent pulmonary artery after a Glenn shunt is reported. Confluence was established posteriorly using an inverted right atrial flap and anteriorly with a xenopericardial patch.

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