Table 1.
Different types of corrective surgeries and respective early mortality, late survival, complications and probability of reoperation
| Type of surgery | Era | Early mortality | Late survival | Major complications and incidence | Reoperations |
| First choice | |||||
| • Arterial switch [33,47] | 1975 | 3.8% | 88% (10 and 15 yrs) | Pulmonary stenosis (3.9%) Aortic regurgitation (3,8%) Coronary lesions (2%) |
4.5–18% |
| Alternative procedures | |||||
| • Simple TGA | |||||
| - Atrial switch [41,42] | 1960s | 16.5% | 77.7% (10 yrs) 67.2% (30 yrs) |
Arrythmia (47.6 – 64.3%) Tricuspid regurgitation (34.9%) Systemic ventricular dysfunction (11.5–14.6%) Baffle related problems (5.6%) |
5.1% |
| • TGA with VSD ± LVOTO | |||||
| - Rastelli [48] | 1969 | 7% | 80% (10 yrs) 52% (20 yrs) |
RVOTO (64%) Arrythmias (24%) LVOTO (16%) |
44% |
| - REV [43] | 1982 | 12.5% | 84% (5 yrs) | RVOTO (19%) | 10% |
| - Nikaidoh [49] | 1984 | 5% | 95% | RVOTO (26%) | 47% |