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Fontan procedure

 [faw-tah´]
functional correction of a tricuspid atresia by anastomosis of, or insertion of a nonvalved prosthesis between, the right atrium and the pulmonary artery with closure of the interatrial communication.
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Fon·tan pro·ce·dure

(fon-tān'),
placement of a conduit (usually valved) from the right atrium to the main pulmonary artery as a bypass to a hypoplastic right ventricle, as in tricuspid atresia.
Synonym(s): Fontan operation
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Fontan procedure

A surgical procedure for toddlers (children aged 3 to 5), who have hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, which creates a cavopulmonary shunt with a lateral tunnel, deviating blood from the inferior vena cava to the pulmonary artery, bypassing the right ventricle.
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Fontan,

François, French thoracic surgeon, 1929–.
Fontan operation - Synonym(s): Fontan procedure
Fontan procedure - placement of a conduit (usually valved) from the right atrium to the main pulmonary artery as a bypass to a hypoplastic right ventricle, as in tricuspid atresia. Synonym(s): Fontan operation
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In this four and a half year study period, a total of 34 patients underwent Fontan procedure. Males were 22(64.7%) and females were 12(35.3%).
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His family returned to Bristol for the Fontan procedure because they trusted his surgeon Andrew Parry, who had performed two previous operations on Luke.
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The majority of children born with HLHS undergo a series of three procedures, together known as single ventricle palliation (SVP), culminating in the Fontan procedure.
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When he's big and strong enough, he'll go through the second procedure, known as a Glenn procedure, and when he is three to five years old he'll have a Fontan procedure, which will leave him with a single pumping chamber heart.
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The description she provides is of the Fontan procedure. She also suggests on page 248 that "the nurse (a) inspects the long suture lines required to rebuild the aortic arch." This is unrealistic, as the suture line cannot be seen.
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In 2012 the Jenkinses were advised Luke was well enough to undergo a Fontan procedure - the same operation as Sean - to improve his heart.
SCANDAL-HIT HOSPITAL: FURY OF HEART BOY'S MUM & DAD; Our Luke was left paralysed after a routine op at Bristol. 2 years later he was back there, put on Ward 32...and died. He didn't have a chance; EXCLUSIVE

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