[Reabsorbable banding. Our initial experience]. / Banding reabsorbible. Experiencia preliminar.
Rev Esp Cardiol
; 44(10): 677-9, 1991 Dec.
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em Es
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| ID: mdl-1801097
ABSTRACT
Since May 1989 we have been using a reabsorbable 3 mm, polidioxanona band for pulmonary banding instead of the dacron one. This procedure was performed in 5 patients with ages between 33 to 230 days. The diagnoses were atrioventricular canal in one case and ventricular septal defect in the other 4 cases. One of them also had vascular ring with right aortic arch, left patent ductus arterious and aberrant subclavian artery. All the patients were in a poor condition. Subsequent reoperations performed in short, medium, and long term were uncomplicated, and the technique had the added benefit of avoiding the need for pulmonary reconstruction. A close ECO Doppler follow-up is necessary to determine the best moment for definitive correction. We think that this new technique makes the banding a reliable and complications free procedure and its place should be reevaluated in the light of the current tendency for early complete correction.
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Assunto principal:
Artéria Pulmonar
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Es
Ano de publicação:
1991
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