Primary sutureless repair for “simple” total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Midterm results in a single institution Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, MD, MSc, Andreea Dragulescu, MD, Nicola Viola, MD, Osman O. Al-Radi, MD, Luc L. Mertens, MD, PhD, John G. Coles, MD, Christopher A. Caldarone, MD, Glen S. Van Arsdell, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 141, Issue 6, Pages 1346-1354 (June 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056 Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Number of conventional versus sutureless repairs performed by year at the Hospital for Sick Children. TAPVC, Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 1346-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Surgical repair for TAPVC. Conventional repair, conventional repair (pulmonary vein insert with potential suture line stenosis), and sutureless repair (pulmonary vein insert) techniques are shown. TAPVC, Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 1346-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Longitudinal averaged trends for RVSP. Patients with TAPVC in the conventional and sutureless repair groups were compared with respect to serial postoperative RVSP. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 1346-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Freedom from reoperation. Patients with TAPVC in the conventional and sutureless repair groups were compared with respect to freedom from reoperation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 1346-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Freedom from reoperation or death. Patients with TAPVC in the conventional and sutureless repair groups were compared with respect to freedom from reoperation and all-cause mortality. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 1346-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions