MATERIALS and METHODS
We performed 17 IECF procedures out of a total of 152 Fontan operations
in our congenital cardiac surgery center between 2014 and 2021. Medical
records; preoperative, operative and postoperative data of these
patients were retrospectively analyzed following the approval of
institutional review board (IRB).
Seventeen patients (10 males, 7 females) underwent IECF procedure. Mean
age and body weight were 9.1 ± 5.5 years (range: 3 to 22 years) and 28.6
± 14.6 kg (range: 15 to 68 kg), respectively. All of the cases except
patient no. 12 had univentricular physiology in which one of the right
(n=7) or left (n=9) ventricles were dominant. The demographic and
operative data of the patients are demonstrated in table-1.