Table 2.
Variable | Corrective surgery (n=74) | Palliative surgery (n=16) |
Infants with two surgical procedures | 8 | 4 |
Infants with three surgical procedures | 0 | 2 |
Number of operations with CBP | 69 | 17 (central aorto-pulmonary shunt, n=6; central aorto-pulmonary shunt + outflow tract reconstruction, n=7; Glenn op, n=4) |
Number of operations without CPB | 13 (repair of coarctation of the aorta, n=11; ligation of patent ductus arteriosus Botalli, n=2) | 7 (central aorto-pulmonary shunt, n=7) |
Number of operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest | 2 (repair of interrupted aortic arch, n=1; repair of transposition of the great arteries with aortic arch hypoplasia, n=1) | 0 |
CBP, cardiopulmonary bypass.