Causes of complicated course of patients in the near future postoperative period, undergoing Fontaine's surgery in the modification of the extracardiac conduit after a previously performed bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
E.S. Nikitin ◽  
I.A. Yurlov ◽  
D.V. Kovalev ◽  
M.A. Murzov ◽  
I.M. Makrushin
1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiho Hatai ◽  
David G. Nykanen ◽  
William G. Williams ◽  
Robert M. Freedom ◽  
Lee N. Benson

AbstractTo assess the clinical impact of percutaneously implanted balloon expandable endovascular stents on patient management, we reviewed 20 children aged 14 days to 4.8 years (median 1.3 years) with residual vascular obstructions in the immediate postoperative period. Patients included 11 with pulmonary arterial stenosis, five with stenosis of venous pathways after a modified Fontan procedure or bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, and four with a restrictive modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Placement of the stent was optimal in 18 of 20 patients (24 of 26 Palmaz or Palmaz-Schatz implants). In two patients, rupture of the balloon resulted in malposition of the stent. Reoperation was avoided and symptomatic improvement was noted in 11 of 20 patients (55%), while procedural complications occurred in eight patients. Seven of 10 patients presenting with a low cardiac output syndrome died despite relief of the obstructions. This early experience supports consideration of the application of these devices in the management of significant vascular obstructive lesions in the immediate postoperative period, thus avoiding early reoperation in this profoundly compromised population.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire L. Cigarroa ◽  
Sarah J. van den Bosch ◽  
Xiaoqi Tang ◽  
Kimberlee Gauvreau ◽  
Christopher W. Baird ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
V. S. Konoplitsky ◽  
V. V. Motygin ◽  
A. G. Yakimenko ◽  
D. V. Dmytriiev ◽  
T. I. Mikhalchuk

Endogenous intoxication, which accompanies the complicated course of acute appendicitis in children, is one of the serious conditions, which are the main cause of complications in the postoperative period. Diverse clinical observations done by clinicians suggest that despite the use of modern technologies in operating equipment, anesthetic support, the number of complications in the postoperative period has no tendency to decrease, and the main cause of lethal outcomes with appendicular peritonitis is lightning development of severe degree of endotoxicosis, which develops as a result of resorbing toxic substances formed of many components, including pathogenic microflora and destruction metabolism. Purpose. Creation of a mathematical model for prediction of complicated acute appendicitis in children using the functions of regression analysis of EXCEL spreadsheet by approximating experimental data. Materials and methods. In the work, there is information about 59 patients with acute appendicitis treated at the clinic of pediatric surgery at the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University. The data on patients were divided into two groups: patients with not complicated course of pathology – 24 patients, and patients with complicated course of acute appendicitis – 35 children. The control group served the data of 37 healthy children. In each of the three groups, the following parameters were studied: gender, age, bed day, duration of the disease, presence of symptoms of peritoneal irritation, the nature of exudate in the abdominal cavity, the number of red blood cells, hemoglobin, leukocytosis, quantitative characteristics of white blood formula, ESR, cellogenic endogenous intoxication: leukocyte index of intoxication and hematological index of intoxication. All the data were determined directly at the time of hospitalization of a patient to the hospital. Results. Discussion. Based on multiple correlation x = f (x1 , x2 ) a two-factor mathematical model of probability of the complicated course of acute appendicitis in children was created. According to the obtained results of the study of the system of three equations with three unknowns, it was established that if the indicator of the form of the disease is y = 2.67 and above, when, in numerical terms, the result falls into the zone of complicated flow of acute appendicitis and completely coincides with data analysis of the three groups of patients. Conclusions. The components that determine the uncomplicated course of acute appendicitis in children, according to the developed two-factor model, include LII and GPI, which exceed the values intoxication of certain intervals studied at the time of hospitalization. The analyzed indices were determined by the degree of severity of the pathological process, duration of disease, virulence of microflora and age of patients against the background of the formed endogenous intoxication syndrome.


2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Rami N. Khouzam ◽  
Joseph A. Dearani ◽  
Paul R. Julsrud

AbstractThis is a case of a young woman previously completely healthy, with two uneventful pregnancies and deliveries, who presented with bloating, shortness of breath, and signs of right heart failure. A thorough clinical evaluation, along with a work-up including an echocardiogram and a magnetic resonance imaging revealed the diagnosis of Ebstein’s anomaly malformation with tricuspid stenosis. A right ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to thrombus formation was thought to exacerbate her symptoms and lead to the diagnosis. Surgery in the form of right ventricular thrombectomy, right atrial reduction, porcine tricuspid valve replacement and bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis “bidirectional Glenn”, was successfully performed. The patient has been stable clinically more than one year after surgery. Discussion about this rare condition and operative details are provided.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-128
Author(s):  
Cheul Lee ◽  
Kyung Min Kim ◽  
Jae Young Lee ◽  
Jihong Yoon

AbstractTricuspid atresia with absent pulmonary valve and intact ventricular septum is an extremely rare cardiac malformation, historically associated with a poor prognosis. Only a few cases with successful surgical palliation have been reported in the literature. We present the case of an 8-month-old infant with this malformation who underwent successful bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis with complete exclusion of the right ventricle.


2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robroy H. MacIver ◽  
Robert D. Stewart ◽  
Carl L. Backer ◽  
Constantine Mavroudis

AbstractObjectiveSome centres have proposed creating the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis without cardiopulmonary bypass, while others continue to use deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the results of using continuous cardiopulmonary bypass with moderate hypothermia, perhaps the most commonly used of the three techniques for this procedure.MethodsBetween 1990 and 2005, 114 patients, having a mean age of 1.58 years, with a median age of 8 months, and ranging from 3 months to 16 years, underwent creation of either a unilateral cavopulmonary anastomosis, in 94 cases, or bilateral anastomoses in 20 cases. All had continuous cardiopulmonary bypass with moderate hypothermia at 32 degrees Celsius, with 24 also having aortic cross-clamping with cardioplegia for simultaneous intracardiac procedures. Interrupted absorbable sutures were used to create the anastomosis in 105 patients.ResultsPerioperative mortality was 5%, with 6 of the patients dying. The mean period of cardiopulmonary bypass for an isolated anastomosis was 91 minutes, with a range from 44 to 160 minutes. In 10 patients (8.8%), it was necessary to place a graft to augment the anastomosis. The average postoperative length of stay was 7.9 days for those undergoing an isolated unilateral anastomosis, and 16.4 days for patients undergoing combined cardiac operations. We have now created the Fontan circulation in 79 of the patients, at an average interval from the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis of 2.1 plus or minus 1.14 years. In 76 patients, we performed postoperative angiograms, and none revealed any stenoses.ConclusionsThe bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis can be performed successfully with continuous cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia with a beating heart, avoiding circulatory arrest. The use of interrupted and absorbable sutures was not associated with any late anastomotic stenosis.


1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Migliavacca ◽  
Marc R. de Leval ◽  
Gabriele Dubini ◽  
Riccardo Pietrabissa

The bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (BCPA or bidirectional Glenn) is an operation to treat congenital heart diseases of the right heart by diverting the systemic venous return from the superior vena cava to both lungs. The main goal is to provide the correct perfusion to both lungs avoiding an excessive increase in systemic venous pressure. One of the factors which can affect the clinical outcome of the surgically reconstructed circulation is the amount of pulsatile blood flow coming from the main pulmonary artery. The purpose of this work is to analyse the influence of this factor on the BCPA hemodynamics. A 3-D finite element model of the BCPA has been developed to reproduce the flow of the surgically reconstructed district. Geometry and hemodynamic data have been taken from angiocardiogram and catheterization reports, respectively. On the basis of the developed 3-D model, four simulations have been performed with increasing pulsatile blood flow rate from the main pulmonary artery. The results show that hemodynamics in the pulmonary arteries are greatly influenced by the amount of flow through the native main pulmonary artery and that the flow from the superior vena cava allows to have a similar distribution of the blood to both lungs, with a little predilection for the left side, in agreement with clinical postoperative data.


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