Postoperative Complications in Humanitarian Paediatric Patients Undergoing Late Surgical Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multivariate Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect that requires early surgical correction. However, in developing countries, many patients undergo delayed treatment due to limited healthcare resources. This study aims to identify risk factors for postoperative complications in humanitarian patients undergoing late Tetralogy of Fallot repair, defined as surgery performed after 12 months of age. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 115 humanitarian paediatric patients with a median age of 1444 days (approximately 4 years) who underwent complete Tetralogy of Fallot correction. In this humanitarian programme, patients from developing nations underwent surgical repair at our tertiary referral centre in a high-resource country. Postoperative complications w

SUBMITTER: Mendes V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12468921 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature