The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 74, 614-617, Copyright © 1977 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Modified Shumacker operation for correction of transposition of the great arteries
A Alvarado
Correction of the transposition of the great arteries can be accomplished
with a modified Shumacker operation. This procedure has been demonstrated
in cadavers to have many advantages over the techniques used by Mustard and
by Angelini and Sandiford. At present these two operations provide the best
clinical results in correction of transposition of the great arteries. The
details of the modified Shumacker technique are described and the different
advantages of this technique are discussed.