Objective:

To describe the experience of the congenital heart disease unit service of the FVL in the use of Fontan surgery, 2011-2016.

Materials and methods:

Observational descriptive study of historical cut (series of cases). We analyzed 22 clinical histories of patients with a history of complex congenital heart disease intervened by Fontan surgery at the Valle del Lili Foundation between January 2011 and December 2016.

Results:

The single physiological ventricle was the main cause of the intervention, occurring in 17 patients (77.3%). Among the palliative surgeries performed prior to Fontan surgery, pulmonary systemic fistula (PSF) (73%) and pulmonary cerclage (32%) were found, these mostly being procedures that could be combined to optimize the condition clinic, operating on average 3.7 years after the previous palliative stage. Of the surgical techniques, the fenestrated extracardiac fundus was performed in a greater proportion (68%), and the fenestrated intracardiac fundus (13.6%). 86% of patients presented comorbidities

Conclusion:

With a better selection of patients with univentricular physiology, complications and mortality associated with the surgical procedure are minimized. Follow-up studies of the patients of the Valle de Lili Foundation are required to determine characteristics related to 10, 20 and 30 years and to compare them with those obtained in the world literature.

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