Surgical Strategies for Preservation of Pulmonary Valve Function in a Radical Operation for Tetralogy of Fallot: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of different surgical strategies to preserve pulmonary valve function. Surgical procedures evaluated include intraoperative balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (IBPV), pulmonary valve reconstruction, and commissurotomy and pulmonary cusp augmentation (PCA) in patients who underwent a radical operation for Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF).

Materials and methods

The five databases searched in the current study included the Cochrane Library, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP, and WanFang data. A systematic search for control trials was performed in each database from the start date of each database until December 2021. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the quality of included studies.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Yi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326161 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature