<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: Single lung Fontan procedure has been performed in patients with a congenital heart disease and a single functional lung. The procedure has not been reported in China.Objective and Methods: We reported on the case of a 6-year-old child who had a single functional right ventricle, and an atretic left pulmonary artery, who underwent a successful Fontan operation into the single right pulmonary artery. The literature of Fontan procedure in the presence of a single lung is reviewed.Results: The patient to relate the procedure well and had uneventful recovery. The patient has been followed up for more than two years with reasonable hemodynamics.Conclusion: The single lung Fontan operation is possible with good outcomes. More patients and longer follow up will be required to standardize the strategies and to document utility of this procedure.</abstract>

Background: Single lung Fontan procedure has been performed in patients with a congenital heart disease and a single functional lung. The procedure has not been reported in China.Objective and Methods: We reported on the case of a 6-year-old child who had a single functional right ventricle, and an atretic left pulmonary artery, who underwent a successful Fontan operation into the single right pulmonary artery. The literature of Fontan procedure in the presence of a single lung is reviewed.Results: The patient to relate the procedure well and had uneventful recovery. The patient has been followed up for more than two years with reasonable hemodynamics.Conclusion: The single lung Fontan operation is possible with good outcomes. More patients and longer follow up will be required to standardize the strategies and to document utility of this procedure.

Clinical report. The Fontan procedure for patients with a single lung

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing Children’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008,

Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38103,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Single lung Fontan procedure has been performed in patients with a congenital heart disease and a single functional lung. The procedure has not...

Clinical report. The Fontan procedure for patients with a single lung

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 923 - 927

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0606.140

Keywords
Fontan procedure, single lung

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Clinical report. The Fontan procedure for patients with a single lung

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 923 - 927

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0606.140

KeywordsFontan procedure, single lung

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Fontan procedure, single lung