Fontan procedure Treatment Report

Category: Surgeries

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What is Fontan procedure?

An example of Fontan procedure

The Fontan is a two stage open-heart surgery in which a passageway is created for oxygen-poor blood to bypass the right ventricle and travel directly to the lungs for fresh oxygen. It is used to treat a variety of different congenital heart defects.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 3 0
Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome 2 0

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Fontan procedure (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 100%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped having Fontan procedure

There are no evaluations for Fontan procedure .

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