Open AccessStage one Norwood procedure in an emerging economy:Initial experience in a single center
Author(s) -
Rakhi Balachandran,
Suresh Nair,
Sunil S Gopalraj,
Balu Vaidyanathan,
Brijesh P Kottayil,
Raman Krishna Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.107225
Subject(s) - medicine , norwood procedure , laparotomy , cardiopulmonary bypass , intensive care unit , single center , surgery , sepsis , retrospective cohort study , cardiac surgery , medical record , pediatric intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , hypoplastic left heart syndrome , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , cardiology , heart disease
The evolution of surgical skills and advances in pediatric cardiac intensive care has resulted in Norwood procedure being increasingly performed in emerging economies. We reviewed the feasibility and logistics of performing stage one Norwood operation in a limited-resource environment based on a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent this procedure in our institution.