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Table 1 Different types of corrective surgeries and respective early mortality, late survival, complications and probability of reoperation

From: Transposition of the great arteries

Type of surgery

Era

Early mortality

Late survival

Major complications and incidence

Reoperations

First choice

     

• Arterial switch [33, 47]

1975

3.8%

88% (10 and 15 yrs)

Pulmonary stenosis (3.9%)

Aortic regurgitation (3,8%)

Coronary lesions (2%)

4.5–18%

Alternative procedures

     

• Simple TGA

     

   - Atrial switch [41, 42]

1960s

16.5%

77.7% (10 yrs)

67.2% (30 yrs)

Arrythmia (47.6 – 64.3%)

Tricuspid regurgitation (34.9%)

Systemic ventricular dysfunction (11.5–14.6%)

Baffle related problems (5.6%)

5.1%

• TGA with VSD ± LVOTO

     

   - Rastelli [48]

1969

7%

80% (10 yrs)

52% (20 yrs)

RVOTO (64%)

Arrythmias (24%)

LVOTO (16%)

44%

   - REV [43]

1982

12.5%

84% (5 yrs)

RVOTO (19%)

10%

   - Nikaidoh [49]

1984

5%

95%

RVOTO (26%)

47%