SynthesisPediatric cardiology2019
Is Sutureless Technique Beneficial in the Primary Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Sutureless Closure Versus Conventional Technique in the Primary Surgery of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Pediatric cardiology · 2022Pooled it
- Case Report: Successful primary sutureless repair of common pulmonary vein atresia in a neonate.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Predictive Factors for Prolonged Ventilatory Support in Infants Undergoing Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Nationwide registry study of long term survival and comorbidities in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in Denmark.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Insight into the research history and trends of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a bibliometric analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Risk factors and outcomes for surgical repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024Article
- Echocardiographic evaluation of supracardiac anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children: comparison with multilayer spiral CT.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2023Article
- Sutureless technique combined with vertical vein incision and pulmonary veins unroofed for correction of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Sutureless Technique for Primary Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair: An Updated Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical Nomogram for Predicting the Prognosis of Patients With Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Venous Flow Variation Predicts Preoperative Pulmonary Venous Obstruction in Children with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2021Article
- A machine learning-based pulmonary venous obstruction prediction model using clinical data and CT image.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2021Article
- Case Report: Retroaortic Innominate Vein With Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- The Outcomes of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Neonates-10-Year Experience at a Single Center.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Numerical Simulation of Hemodynamics in Two Models for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Surgery.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Risk Factors for Postoperative Obstruction.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2019Article
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: Overall results, comparison of the sutureless versus the conventional approach, and predictors of adverse events - A 17-year single-center experience.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
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Abstract
A meta-analysis was performed for a comparison of outcomes between sutureless technique and conventional surgery for primary repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Electronic databases including PubMed, EMbase, Scopus, and Cochrane Library were searched systematically for the single-arm studies regarding sutureless repair or conventional surgery, and two-arm studies compared the outcomes of sutureless repair and conventional surgery for TAPVC. Corresponding data were extracted and the methodological quality was assessed by two reviewers independently. 26 studies were included, involving a total of 2702 patients. It was observed that compared with conventional surgery, sutureless technique was associated with a lower occurrence rate of post-operative pulmonary veins obstruction (PVO) (4.6% vs. 13.5%, OR 0.54 in favor of sutureless technique) and re-operations due to PVO (3.4% vs. 12.4%, 0.25 in favor of sutureless technique). However, meta-analyses of post-operative early (OR 0.57; 95% CI 0.27-1.19; P = 0.13), late (OR 0.37; 95% CI 0.13-1.06; P = 0.13), and overall (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.36-1.03; P = 0.07) mortality showed no significant difference between sutureless technique and conventional surgery. Compared with conventional surgery, sutureless technique was associated with a lower occurrence rate of post-operative PVO and re-operations due to PVO. Meanwhile, post-operative early, late, and overall mortality were not statistically different between two surgical approaches. Sutureless technique is beneficial in the primary repair of TAPVC regarding post-operative PVO and re-operations due to PVO. However, the level of evidence was low and randomized controlled trials should be designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of sutureless technique for TAPVC.
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