Palliative Operations Questions

Chylothorax

Phrenic nerve injury

Pulmonary hypertension

Arm ischemia

Horner's syndrome

Question 2: Which of the following operations does NOT increase pulmonary-systemic mixing?

Rashkind septostomy

Park septostomy

Blalock-Hanlon septectomy

Brock valvotomy

Mustard intra-atrial transposition

Question 3: Which of the following procedures is matched with the correct associated complication?

Waterston shunt: kinking of right pulmonary artery

Classic Blalock-Taussig shunt: difficult to take down

Potts shunt: left arm ischemia

Glenn shunt: increasing pulmonary blood flow over time

Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: poor growth of pulmonary arteries

Question 4: Which of the following is NOT an indication for pulmonary artery banding?

Multiple VSDs (swiss cheese septum)

Single ventricle with increased pulmonary blood flow

Unbalanced atrioventricular canal defect

Truncus arteriosus with failure

Large VSD

Question 5: Which of the following operations is most appropriate for the listed anomaly?

Single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis: Rashkind septostomy

Transposition with VSD and pulmonary stenosis: PA banding

VSD with coarctation: Potts shunt

Tricuspid atresia: bidirectional Glenn shunt

Truncus arteriosus: Blalock-Taussig shunt