Contegra Versus Pulmonary Homograft for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Newborns : Fifteen Years' Experience
Contegra Versus Pulmonary Homograft for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Newborns : Fifteen Years' Experience
Pulmonary homografts are standard substitutes for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in congenital heart surgery. Unfortunately shortage and conduit failure secondary to early calcifications and shrinking are observed particularly for small sized conduits in younger patients. In neonates, Contegra® 12mm could be a valuable alternative, but conflicting evidence exists. This retrospective study compared the outcome of these two conduits in a newborn population.
Inclusion Criteria:
neonatal patients who had a reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract with a pulmonary homograft or a Contegra between January 1992 and December 2014 at HUDERF
Exclusion Criteria:
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