How to Report Postoperative Outcomes After a Paediatric Cardiac Surgery ?

How to Report Postoperative Outcomes After a Paediatric Cardiac Surgery ?

Congenital heart disease is a common abnormality in newborns. The marked improvement in the surgical management of congenital heart disease has led to a reduction in postoperative mortality, historically a quality criterion for surgical and resuscitation management. With the improvement of medical knowledge and surgical techniques, mortality is no longer a single quality criterion for a center and the search for other quality criteria is essential.

Inclusion criteria:

• Minor patients, under the age of 18
• operated at the HUS between 01/01/2010 and 03/31/2022 for transposition surgery of the great vessels (arterial switch) with or without CIV; or isolated ventricular septal closure
• Child or holders of parental authority who do not object to the reuse of their data for scientific research purposes.

Exclusion criteria:

• Transposition surgery of the great vessels associated with coarctation of the aorta, pulmonary stenosis or any other complex malformation
• Surgical technique different from the arterial switch for the transpositions of the great vessels
• Closure of interventricular communication associated with another complex heart malformation (tetralogy of Fallot, atrioventricular canal, right ventricle with double outlet, etc.)
• Child or holders of parental authority who have expressed their opposition to the reuse of their data for scientific research purposes.