Latson L A
Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1997 Mar;36(3):125-7. doi: 10.1177/000992289703600301.
The desire for less invasive treatments and for reduction of the cost of hospitalizations has spurred the development of interventional catheterization. The range of corrections that can be performed through the use of catheters is much more limited than what can be accomplished with surgery, but in patients with certain conditions, interventional catheterization techniques offer results similar to those of surgery at considerably less pain and expense. We expect the range of defects that can be treated nonoperatively to continue to increase in the years to come.
对侵入性较小的治疗方法以及降低住院成本的需求推动了介入导管插入术的发展。通过使用导管所能进行的矫正范围比手术所能完成的要有限得多，但对于某些特定情况的患者，介入导管插入术在疼痛程度和费用大幅降低的情况下能提供与手术相似的效果。我们预计在未来几年里，可通过非手术方式治疗的缺陷范围将继续扩大。
