半Fontan手术：批判性综述。

Talwar Sachin, Nair Vinitha Viswambharan, Choudhary Shiv Kumar, Airan Balram

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 May;7(2):120-5. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.132480.

The hemi-Fontan (HF) operation is a staging procedure in the journey towards an ultimate Fontan palliation. Although popular in the Western world, it has found limited application in the developing world. In this review we discuss the indications, techniques, merits, and demerits of this procedure along with its present day role in developing world where there is lack of awareness about this operation.

半Fontan（HF）手术是最终实现Fontan姑息治疗过程中的一个分期手术。尽管在西方世界很流行，但在发展中国家的应用有限。在本综述中，我们将讨论该手术的适应症、技术、优缺点，以及在对该手术缺乏认识的发展中国家它目前所起的作用。