Successful Modified Norwood «Operation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in Neonatal Peroid : The First Reported Case in Thailand
VICHAI BENJACHOLAMAS, M.D.*, PORNTEP LERTSAPCHAROEN, M.D.**, PAVENA BOONBURAPONG, M.D.***
Affiliation : * Cardiothoracic Unit, Department of Surgery, ** Cardiac Unit, Department of Pediatrics, ***Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Abstraclt We report a neonatal patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome on whom Modified Norwood operation was performed when she was 21 days old. The details of the operative technic and postoperative care were presented. Her growth and development at 6 months after operation was in normal range. This is the first successful modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the neonatal period in Thailand.
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