Evaluate the results of anesthesia and resuscitation of minimally invasive surgery for pediatric patients with ventricular septal defect at Cardiovascular Center, E hospital in 2022

Tuan Anh Pham1, Thi Minh Hue Pham1, Van Ba Vu1, Tran Thuy Nguyen1,
1 Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital

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Abstract

Objective: Minimally invasive surgery has recently been implemented safely and effectively on children. The study aimed to evaluate the results of anesthesia and resuscitation in pediatric patients with ventricular septal defects (VSD) undergoing minimally invasive surgery.


Methods: A cross-sectional study from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 on 65 patients underwent minimally invasive surgery to repair ventricular septal defect, at Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital.


Result: A toltal of 65 children aged from 1 month to 34 months, mean weight of 9.0 ± 6.3kg, mean height of 73.6 ± 22.1cm, with main clinical symptoms of slow weight gain (62.5%) and grade I heart failure (87.7%). The most common VSD location was perimembranous VSD (67.7%) with an mean size of 5.7±2.6 mm. The mean surgical time was 175 minutes with cardiopulmonary bypass time and aortic cross-clamp time of 77.5 and 53.0 minutes, respectively. Postoperative hemodynamic parameters changed statistically significantly compared to pre-operation: blood pressure decreased, heart rate increased, lactate level  increased, P/F ratio decreased, blood potassium level decreased. The patient mainly needed to use 1 vasopressor, 1 type of sedative analgesic, continuous diuresis, and prophylactic antibiotics with a vasopressor withdrawal time of 34.2 hours, a sedation withdrawal time of 13.35 hours, and a sedative withdrawal time of 13.35 hours. Intubation time of 20.8 hours (minimum 2 hours) and length of stay ICU was 3.8 days. Postoperative complications were low, mainly pneumonia (9.2%) and residual shunt (9.2%), and no death was observed.


Conclusion: Minimally invasive ventricular septal defect surgery showed that the anesthesia and surgical process did not change much, with relatively fast post-operative recovery results, short medication time, quick recovery, and no recording severe complications.

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