Aorto-pulmonary shunt in the premature infant: technical considerations

Roe, B.B.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 69(3): 437-438

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5223
PMID: 1117736
Document Number: 88678
In a 13-day-old, 1,300 gram premature infant with tricuspid atresia, a Potts-Smith anastomosis was successfully performed. We used a neurosurgical vessel clip, smaller than the smallest available vascular clamp, to side-clamp the descending aorta. This report appears to be the first of the construction of a Potts-Smith shunt in an infant of this size.

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