Abstract
Between August 1996 and August 1997, 22 patients underwent extracardiac Fontan operations. The basic diagnoses included univentricular heart of the right ventricular type (n=12); univentricular heart of the left ventricular type (n=4); tricuspid atresia (n=4); left isomerism, transposition of great arteries, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis (n=1); and criss-cross heart with uneven ventricle (n=1). The median age of the 14 men and 8 women was 29 months (range from 21 months to 26 years). Previous procedures included bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt (n=15, interval=15.6$\pm$3.4 months), Kawashima operation (n=4, interval=37.5$\pm$20 months), and classic Glenn shunt (n=1, interval=14 years). In 2 patients, extracardiac Fontan operations were done without any previous procedures. A 16- to 22-mm flexible Gore-Tex tube graft (n=18), Hemashield graft (n=3), or, alternatively, a nonvalved aortic allograft (n=1) was cut and anastomosed end-to-end between inferior vena cava and undersurface of pulmonary artery using Gore-Tex or Prolene suture in a running fashion. In risk Fontan patients (n=12), a communication between the extracardiac conduit and the right atrium was constructed. In the most 13 recent patients, the procedures were done without cross-clamping of the aorta and with a beating heart. Operative mortality was 9.1% (n=2). Complications included persistent chest tube drainage for more than 7 days (n=5), chorea (n=2), and low cardiac output (n=1). There were no late deaths. Follow-up echocardiogram (mean: 6 months) demonstrated satisfactory hemodynamic results in the surviving 20 patients. Potential advantages of this technique consist of minimization of surgical manipulation of atrial tissue, reduction or elimination of myocardial ischemia, creationof a uniform and stable inferior vena cava-to-pulmonary artery conduit, and increased flexibility and safety in certain high-risk patients such as those with increased pulmonary vascular resistance, pulmonary hypertension, and impaired ventricular function. Further investigations during a longer follow-up are needed to confirm the intermediate and long-term results, especially the reduction of late atrial arrhythmias.
부천세종병원에서는 '96년 8월부터 '97년 8월까지 22명의 환자에게 심장외폰탄 (extracardiac Fontan) 수술을 시행하였다. 남자 14명, 여자 8명이었으며, 진단별로는 단심실증 16명(우심실형 12명, 좌심실형 4명), 삼첨판폐쇄증 4명, 좌측이소성(left isomerism), 대혈관전위증, 심실중격결손증이 있으면서 폐동맥협착증이 있는 환자 1명, 그리고 Criss-Cross 심장이면서 비대칭심실이 있는 1명이었다. 연령은 22개월부터 26세까지 분포하였고 폐동맥압은 평균 11.7$\pm$3.1 mmHg이었다. 선행수술로 양방향성대정맥폐동맥단락술(bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt)을 시행한 환자가 15명으로 평균 15.6$\pm$3.4개월의 기간을 두고 수술을 시행하였고, 고전적 글렌 수술 후 14년만에 Fontan 수술을 시행한 환자가 1명 있었다. 전대정맥폐동맥단락술(total cavopulmonary shunt, Kawashima operation)후 폐동-정맥루(pulmonary arteriovenous fistula) 발생으로 평균 37.5$\pm$20개월만에 수술을 받은 환자가 4명 있었고, 2명의 환자는 선행수술 없이 심장외폰탄수술을 시행하였다.
