Successful modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in neonatal period: the first reported case in Thailand.

Benjacholamas, V; Lertsapcharoen, P; Boonburapong, P

Successful modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in neonatal period: the first reported case in Thailand.

Date

1998-10-06

Authors

Benjacholamas, V

Lertsapcharoen, P

Boonburapong, P

Abstract

We report a neonatal patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome on whom Modified Norwood operation was performed when she was 21 days old. The details of the operative technic and postoperative care were presented. Her growth and development at 6 months after operation was in normal range. This is the first successful modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the neonatal period in Thailand.

Description

Chotmaihet Thangphaet.

Citation

Benjacholamas V, Lertsapcharoen P, Boonburapong P. Successful modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in neonatal period: the first reported case in Thailand. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 1998 Oct; 81(10): 803-6