Successful Single Lung Fontan Operation in 2 Children: Case Reports
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20071032Abstract
We report on 2 children, aged 3 and 4 years, with single ventricle physiology who underwent Fontan operation in the presence of a single right lung successfully with good midterm outcome. Therefore, the absence of one lung is not a contraindication for a Fontan palliation in selected patients with optimal hemodynamics.References
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