Søndergaards Circumclusion Technique in Total Anomalous Right Pulmonary Venous Connection with Various Atrial Septal Defects: Modifications Related to Embryological Considerations

Abstract

The results of Søndergaards circumclusion technique in the treatment of atrial septal defects with total anomalous right pulmonary venous connection are (at least) comparable to those attained by open correction.

Two technical modifications of this technique, derived from embryological considerations on sinus venosus defects, are suggested.