Transposition of the great vessels corrective surgery
Transposition of the great vessels Microchapters |
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Differentiating Transposition of the great vessels from other Diseases |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Keri Shafer, M.D. [4]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [5]
Overview
Recent advances in surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries have reduced the mortality drastically from 95% in uncorrected patients to 5% in corrected patients[1].
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Surgery
General features
Arterial switch or Jatene Operation
Atrial switch repair
Below are the images depicting different arterial switch procedures for TGA
Rastelli operation
Below is an image depicting the procedure of Rasteli operation for TGA:
References
- ↑ Hutter PA, Kreb DL, Mantel SF, Hitchcock JF, Meijboom EJ, Bennink GB (2002). "Twenty-five years' experience with the arterial switch operation". J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 124 (4): 790–7. PMID 12324738.
Acknowledgements and Initial Contributors to Page
Leida Perez, M.D.