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Table 4 List of complications after Fontan procedures

From: 30-year experience of Fontan surgery: single-centre’s data

Complication

Number

Taken down of Fontan

3

Redo Fontan

15

Protein-losing enteropathy

2

Bleeding complications

6

Trombembolism

2

Heart failure managed by left heart bypass

1

Aortic insufficiency managed by valvuloplasty

1

Focal epilepsy

1

Tracheal stenosis

1

Chylothorax

1

Arrhythmias

6

Paresis of hemidiaphragm

1

  1. These complications are not mutually exclusive; some patients had few complications