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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:989-994
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Pulmonary artery sling: reimplantation versus antetracheal translocation

Jacques A.M. van Son, MD, PhDa, Jörg Hambsch, MDa, Gary S. Haas, MDa, Peter Schneider, MDa, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhDa

a Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Address reprint requests to Dr van Son, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Russenstrasse 19, D-04289, Leipzig, Germany

Background. We compared two repair techniques for pulmonary artery sling. The first comprised detachment of the aberrant left pulmonary artery from the right pulmonary artery and its implantation into the main pulmonary artery, and the second, translocation of the left pulmonary artery anterior to the trachea (without implanting it into the main pulmonary artery), resection of tracheal stenosis, and end-to-end reconstruction of the trachea.

Methods. Five symptomatic infants (3 boys and 2 girls; median age 5 months; range, 3 weeks to 11 months) with pulmonary artery sling were operated on through a median sternotomy with aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. In 3 patients, the left pulmonary artery was transected from the right pulmonary artery and implanted into the main pulmonary artery. In addition, the anterior trachea was augmented with a pericardial patch (n = 2). In the remaining 2 patients, associated tracheal stenosis was resected, the left pulmonary artery was translocated anterior to the trachea, and the trachea was reconstructed.

Results. All 5 infants survived the operation. The 3 patients in whom the left pulmonary artery was implanted into the main pulmonary artery had an uncomplicated postoperative course. All 3 patients, at a follow-up of 10 months to 7.9 years, were free of symptoms; the left pulmonary artery was documented to be widely patent. The remaining 2 patients in whom the left pulmonary artery was translocated anterior to the trachea could not be extubated. In both patients the distal trachea was compressed anteriorly by the left pulmonary artery. One of these patients died at 1 week postoperatively secondary to tracheal dehiscence. In the other patient, the left pulmonary artery was implanted into the main pulmonary artery with good result; at a follow-up of 3.9 years, mild residual stridor has persisted.

Conclusions. In pulmonary artery sling, implantation of the aberrant left pulmonary artery into the main pulmonary artery, if necessary combined with anterior tracheoplasty, reliably eliminates tracheal and esophageal compression and maintains antegrade flow into the left pulmonary artery. Translocation of the left pulmonary artery anterior to the trachea without implanting it into the main pulmonary artery is not favored because that might result in anterior compression of the trachea. In addition, we are concerned about growth of the circumferential tracheal anastomosis in neonates and infants.


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