Successful single lung fontan operation in 2 children: case reports

Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(4):E331-3. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20071032.

Abstract

We report on 2 children, aged 3 and 4 years, with single ventricle physiology who underwent Fontan operation in the presence of a single right lung successfully with good midterm outcome. Therefore, the absence of one lung is not a contraindication for a Fontan palliation in selected patients with optimal hemodynamics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Fontan Procedure / methods*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Treatment Outcome