Closure of ventricular septal defect in children with trisomy 18: perioperative events and long-term survival.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This retrospective study aimed to investigate the feasibility of surgical closure of ventricular septal defect in children with trisomy 18 by assessing perioperative events and long-term survival.

Methods

From April 2008 to March 2024, 41 consecutive patients were referred to us for ventricular septal defect surgery. The defect was closed in 35 patients at the end (median age, 16 months; median body weight, 5.7 kg), 31 out of 37 patients after the preceding pulmonary artery banding according to our staged surgery policy and 4 patients without the banding. Sixty-five significant non-cardiac lesions existed concurrently, and 14 patients underwent tracheostomy before closure. The investigation was conducted by checking medical records and contacting the primary physi

SUBMITTER: Nemoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802472 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature