"We aren't incapable of performing the surgery for aortic inversion, but it's the first time we've encountered it with a newborn."
Deputy Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Cao Ke, spoke first,
"The difficulty is too high, and the success rate might..."
As his voice trailed off,
everyone fell silent.
Zhang Fan also said nothing. Although he had recently seen such a case and listened to a systematic explanation, he was still shocked when he saw the ultrasound and CT images.
This baby's condition was complete transposition of the great arteries, combined with being just born, which basically ruled out the possibility of using corrective transposition, such as the atrial switch operation.
Currently, the best approach was at the arterial level, and there were three options in front of them!
Glenn procedure: disconnecting the right pulmonary artery at the bifurcation with the main pulmonary artery, creating an artificial conduit to connect the vein.
