Absorbable polydioxanone suture and results in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
| Autor: | John A. Hawkins, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Lloyd Y. Tani, L. LuAnn Minich, Jane E. Sturtevant, Edwin C. McGough |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Anastomosis medicine.disease Venous Obstruction Surgery Stenosis Polydioxanone suture Suture (anatomy) Anesthesia Medicine Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Complication Cardiac catheterization |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 60:55-59 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0003-4975(95)00352-5 |
| Popis: | Background. Despite theoretical advantages of absorbable suture in the growing vascular anastomosis, there has not been a documented advantage over nonabsorbable suture in preventing late anastomotic stenosis in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Methods. We reviewed our experience from 1982 to 1994 with 65 hospital survivors of total TAPVC repair to examine the influence of suture type on survival and incidence of late pulmonary venous obstruction. From 1982 until 1988, we used continuous nonabsorbable polypropylene suture for the pulmonary venous-left atrial anastomosis in supracardiac, infracardiac, and mixed types of TAPVC. In 1989, we adopted a running absorbable polydioxanone suture technique. Cardiac catheterization and echocardiography were used to evaluate late pulmonary venous obstruction. Results. Late pulmonary venous obstruction occurred in 17% (4/23) of survivors after repair with polypropylene suture compared with 3.2% (1/32) after repair with polydioxanone suture ( p Conclusions. Continuous absorbable polydioxanone suture for the repair of TAPVC results in a low incidence of late pulmonary venous obstruction and death and appears to offer advantages over a continuous nonabsorbable suture. A continuous nonabsorbable suture may limit growth of a vascular anastomosis, particularly one involving a "low-pressure" anastomosis such as in the repair of TAPVC. |
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