Glenn shunt: Effect on pleural drainage after modified Fontan operation

After the Fontan operation, patients who had a prior Glenn anastomosis should have less pleural drainage than patients without a prior Glenn anastomosis because innominate and pleural vein and thoracic duct pressures are unaltered in the former group. To test this hypothesis, we studied 92 patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1989-11, Vol.98 (5), p.725-729
Hauptverfasser:	Zellers, Thomas M., Driscoll, David J., Humes, Richard A., Feldt, Robert H., Puga, Francisco J., Danielson, Gordon K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anastomosis, Surgical - methods Biological and medical sciences Blood Vessel Prosthesis Female Heart Atria - surgery Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery Humans Male Medical sciences Pleural Effusion - etiology Pleural Effusion - physiopathology Postoperative Complications - etiology Pulmonary Artery - surgery Retrospective Studies Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Survival Rate Tricuspid Valve - abnormalities
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