First 60 cases in the newly established pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinic

Introduction: The number of congenital cardiac diseases patients increase day by day. With the rapid improvements in the diagnosis and treatments of these patients, a higher number of equipped pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinics are required today. Material and Method: The aim in our study was to retrospectively evaluate the first 60 cases in our new-established pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinic between June 20, 2017 and April 17, 2018. Among these patients, with a wide spectrum from neonatal to 53 year-olds, 33 were male and 27 were female. The median age was 5 (0-53). Result: The most common operation type was detected as closure with atrial septal defect patch (15%). Average hospitalization duration of the patients who had open cardiac surgery was detected as 7.1 ± 3.7 days. Early period mortality was observed in two patients (3.3%). No patients were taken in revision due to postoperative bleeding. Discussion: Pediatric cardiovascular surgery minor specialty education has been actively provided in Turkey for the last six years. The aim of the new established pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinics was to reach easily to patients requiring congenital cardiovascular disease surgery. When we evaluated the first 60 cases in our newly established group, we observed that the operations were completed successfully with low mortality values. We consider that it would be appropriate to increase varieties of cases after providing the harmony and trust among the branches in newly established centers.