Surgical experience of myasthenia gravis

Abstract

sewn to a Dacron tube graft to fabricate a valved conduit in 45 patients. Composite grafts were used in remaining 5 patients.Results: Average hospital stay was 13 days. There were 5 re explorations, 4 for bleeding and 1 for pericardial effusion. There were 7 early mortalities (5 of which were emergenecies), 4 due to uncontrolled bleed, 2 to myocardial pump failure and 1 due to stroke. 40 patients are in functional class (FCI), one had a stroke and another had CHF. All fabircated valved conduits were functioning well and showed similar results as the composite graft. Conclusions:Elective aortic root replacement can be performed with a low operating risk using an on table fabricated valved conduit and the long term results are similar to composite grafts. On table fabricated valved conduit can be a low cost alternative to composite graft.