MATERIALS and METHODS
We performed 17 IECF procedures out of a total of 152 Fontan operations in our congenital cardiac surgery center between 2014 and 2021. Medical records; preoperative, operative and postoperative data of these patients were retrospectively analyzed following the approval of institutional review board (IRB).
Seventeen patients (10 males, 7 females) underwent IECF procedure. Mean age and body weight were 9.1 ± 5.5 years (range: 3 to 22 years) and 28.6 ± 14.6 kg (range: 15 to 68 kg), respectively. All of the cases except patient no. 12 had univentricular physiology in which one of the right (n=7) or left (n=9) ventricles were dominant. The demographic and operative data of the patients are demonstrated in table-1.