Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: From July 1994 until March 1996, 20 patients underwent coil occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus and 20 patients underwent surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus. Duration of hospitalization was significantly less for the patients receiving coil occlusion (11 +/- 6 hours) as compared with that for the patients having surgical ligation (28 +/- 7 hours, p < 0.05). Total charges were similar for surgical ligation ($7101 +/- $408) as compared with those for coil occlusion ($7104 +/- $886, p > 0.05). Morbidity in coil occlusion included inability to occlude the patent ductus arteriosus in two patients (2/20, 10%) and residual patency in two patients (2/18, 11%). Morbidity in the surgical group included nausea and vomiting necessitating hospitalization for more than 36 hours in one patient (1/20, 5%), transient left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in one (1/20, 5%), and pneumothorax in two patients (2/20, 10%). There were no instances of residual patency in the surgical group. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | J A Hawkins, L L Minich, L Y Tani, J E Sturtevant, G S Orsmond, E C McGough |
Journal | The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
(J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg)
Vol. 112
Issue 6
Pg. 1634-8; discussion 1638-9
(Dec 1996)
ISSN: 0022-5223 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8975855
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Cardiac Catheterization
(economics)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Ductus Arteriosus, Patent
(diagnostic imaging, economics, surgery)
- Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
- Embolization, Therapeutic
(adverse effects, economics, methods)
- Female
- Hospital Charges
- Humans
- Infant
- Length of Stay
- Ligation
(economics)
- Male
- Prostheses and Implants
(economics)
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Vascular Patency
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