September 1, 1987Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Surgical Excision of Primary Cardiac Tumours in Infancy

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Why the study?

Does surgical excision of primary cardiac tumours in infancy provide safe and effective outcomes?

Population

6 infants under 6 months of age with primary cardiac tumours, with the principal indication for surgery…

Design

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Authors

PSP. D. SkilllingtonRoyal Children's Hospital WBWilliam J. BrawnBirmingham Children's Hospital BEBrian EdisRoyal Children's Hospital

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Implication

Supports safe excision in select infants; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective studies before changing practice.

Structured PICO

Does surgical excision of primary cardiac tumours in infancy provide safe and effective outcomes?

Population

6 infants under 6 months of age (including two in their first week of life) with primary cardiac tumours, with the principal indication for surgery being obstruction mainly at the right or left ventricular outflow tract level.

Intervention

Surgical excision of primary cardiac tumours

Outcome

Mortality and significant complicationssafety

Surgical excision of primary cardiac tumours in infants is safe and provides excellent short- and long-term cardiac outcomes, though patients with rhabdomyoma have a 50% risk of developing symptomatic tuberous sclerosis.

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Skilllington et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a953ff757dad826d8f59ae6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01433.x

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Surgical Excision of Primary Cardiac Tumours in Infancy

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