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Predictors of prolonged pleural effusion after Fontan operation
- Betül Çınar, Sezen Ugan Atik, Selman Gökalp, Erman Çilsal, Murat Şahin, Hacer Kamalı, İsmihan Selen Onan, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Okan Yıldız, Sertaç Haydin, Kürşad Nuri Baydili, Yakup Ergül, Alper Güzeltaş
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 33 / Issue 10 / October 2023
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- 13 March 2023, pp. 2094-2100
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Prolonged pleural effusion is a fairly common condition which has considerable impact on complicated and longer hospital stays after Fontan surgery. Identifying the patient population prone to have pleural effusions is still seeking for an answer. This study is to determine the variables that may predict prolonged pleural effusion according to the data of 69 patients who underwent Fontan operation between June 2018 and December 2020 and survived to date. Prolonged pleural effusion was defined as the need for a chest tube for more than 7 days. Two patient groups, with and without prolonged effusion, were compared in terms of pre-, peri-, and post-operative variables. The patients were subdivided into "high-risk" and "low-risk" groups based on the pre-operative catheterisation data. The most frequent main diagnosis was tricuspid atresia (n: 13, 19%). Among 69 patients, 28 (40%) had prolonged pleural effusion whereas 11 (16%) had effusions that lasted longer than 14 days. Ten patients among prolonged effusion group (35%) had pulmonary atresia coexistent with the main diagnosis. Fontan operation was performed in 6 patients (8.7%) over the age of 10, and 4 of these patients (67%) had prolonged pleural effusion. Among numerous variables, statistical significance between the two groups was achieved in pre-operative mean pulmonary artery pressure, post-operative albumin, C-reactive protein levels, length of hospital stay, duration of chest tube drainage, and amount of effusion per day. Early recognition and treatment strategies with routine medical protocol use remain to be the cornerstone for the management of post-operative prolonged pleural effusions after Fontan surgery.
Isolated coarctation repair through a left thoracotomy in children
- Shiraslan Bakhshaliyev, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Görkem Çitoğlu, Zeynep Gülben Kük Özalp, Servet Ergün, Hacer Kamali, Okan Yildiz, Onan İsmihan Selen, Alper Guzeltas, Sertac Haydin
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 33 / Issue 10 / October 2023
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- 15 December 2022, pp. 2054-2059
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Introduction:
Isolated aortic coarctation performed through a left thoracotomy resection and end-to-end anastomosis results in low mortality and morbidity rates. Recoarctation and late hypertension are among the most important complications after such repairs. In this study, we reviewed the results of children who underwent left-side thoracotomy to correct an isolated aortic coarctation.
Method:A consecutive sample of 90 patients who underwent resection and extended end-to-end anastomosis through a left-side thoracotomy in our centre between 2011 and 2021 was retrospectively analysed. The patients' preoperative characteristics, operative data, and post-operative early and long-term results were examined
Results:All patients underwent resection and extended end-to-end anastomosis. A pulmonary artery band was applied simultaneously to three (3.3%) patients, and an aberrant right subclavian artery division was applied to one (1.1%) patient. The mean cross-clamp time was 29.13 ± 6.97 minutes. Two (2.2%) patients required reoperation in the early period. Mortality was observed in one (1.1%) patient in the early period. Eight (8.8%) patients developed recoarctation, of whom four (4.4%) underwent reoperation and four (4.4%) underwent balloon angioplasty. Twenty-two (26.8%) patients received follow-up antihypertensive treatment. The mean follow-up period was 41.3 ± 22.8 months. No mortality was observed in the late period.
Conclusion:Isolated coarctation is successfully treated with left-side thoracotomy resection and an extended end-to-end anastomosis technique with low mortality, morbidity, and low long-term recoarctation rates. Long-term follow-up is required due to the risks of early and late post-operative recoarctation, which requires reintervention.