Successful single-lung fontan operation in an adult: 5-year follow-up

Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi; Edgar G Chedrawy; Christo I Tchervenkov; Dominique Shum-Tim

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.129

Successful single-lung fontan operation in an adult: 5-year follow-up

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Mar;79(3):1042-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.129.

Authors

Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi¹, Edgar G Chedrawy, Christo I Tchervenkov, Dominique Shum-Tim

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 15734437
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.129

Abstract

We report a case of a 20-year-old man with a functional single left ventricle who underwent a successful Fontan operation into a single left pulmonary artery, the right pulmonary artery being atretic. The literature of a single-lung Fontan procedure is also reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Follow-Up Studies
Fontan Procedure / methods*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Pulmonary Atresia / surgery*
Remission Induction
Time Factors