The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 21, 436-439, Copyright © 1976 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Mustard procedure after Baffes operation
J Agosti and S Subramanian
Patients in whom Baffes' procedure has been done for palliative treatment
of transposition of the great arteries may develop symptom recurrence later
in life that deserves further treatment. A modified Mustard procedure is
suitable for this purpose; the main difficulty in performing a formal
Mustard operation is the proximity of the superior vena cava and of the
inferior vena caval graft openings that enable the left pulmonary veins to
drain without obstruction into the new atrium. This report deals with a
15-year-old patient in whom a modified Mustard technique was employed as a
palliative method.