What is a baffle procedure?

This procedure, named after the surgeon who created it, permanently switches the red and blue blood flow by using “baffles”, typically created out of synthetic material called GorTex. These baffles direct the blood through the atria (upper collecting chambers of the heart) to the proper place.

What is the difference between Mustard and Senning procedure?

In a Senning procedure, the surgeon uses the patient’s own tissue to create the baffle. In the Mustard procedure, a synthetic material is used. Both are called “atrial switch procedures” because there is a baffle through the heart’s top part, or atria, which allows the blood to reach the ventricles.

What is Senning repair?

The Senning repair is one of two “atrial switch” procedures used to functionally correct transposition of the great arteries (the other being the Mustard repair). The two repairs share a similar fundamental principle. Systemic blood flow is redirected away from the right ventricle and toward the left ventricle.

What is Dtga?

Dextro-Transposition (pronounced DECKS-tro trans-poh-ZI-shun) of the Great Arteries or d-TGA is a birth defect of the heart in which the two main arteries carrying blood out of the heart – the main pulmonary artery and the aorta – are switched in position, or “transposed.” Click here to view a larger image.

Can transposition of the great arteries be fixed?

All children with transposition of the great arteries will require open heart surgery to treat the defect. Without surgical repair, the overwhelming majority of patients with TGA will not survive their first year. The surgery, known as the arterial switch operation, is typically performed within a few days of birth.

What is a hemi mustard?

A hemi-Mustard procedure was the atrial switch procedure for 70% (33/48) of anatomic repairs. Results: There was 1 in-hospital death after anatomic repair. There were no late deaths or transplantation. At a median follow-up of 59.2 months, 43 of 47 survivors are in New York Heart Association class I.

How successful is TGA surgery?

CONCLUSIONS. Surgical repair of TGA performed in the developing world is associated with an early survival of 85%.

Is the Glenn procedure open heart surgery?

The Glenn procedure is a type of open-heart surgery Babies who need this surgery typically have it when they’re 4–6 months old.

What is the double switch surgery?

A double switch operation is used to correct congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (or L-TGA). In congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, both the ventricles (pumping chambers) and great vessels (aorta & pulmonary trunk) are transposed (on the opposite side).

How long do TGA patients live?

Untreated, over 50 percent of infants with transposition will die in the first month of life. Ninety percent will die in the first year.

What is the Jatene procedure?

Jatene procedure is arterial switch operation, a corrective surgery for d-transposition of great arteries (d-TGA). d-TGA is a condition in which aorta arises from the right ventricle and pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle. It is a congenital heart disease with cyanosis.

What does Jatene stand for?

Peter J. Davis MD, FAAP, in Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 2017 Anatomic repair or the arterial (Jatene) switch procedure.

Why do postoperative bleeding and tamponade occur more commonly with open heart surgery?

Postoperative bleeding and tamponade occur more commonly with this operation because of the presence of multiple arterial anastomoses.