SUCCESSFUL CONDUIT REPAIR USING AORTIC HOMOGRAFT IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESSCHILD

A 10-year-old female child of the Jehovah's Witness faith presented wi th congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries {S,L,L}, pulmonary atresia, and a ventricular septal defect. A successful surg ical correction was performed using an aortic homograft as a valved ex tracardiac conduit without the use of homologous blood or blood produc ts. We used permanent splinting of the sternum with a methyl methacryl ate resin plate to prevent compression of the conduit.