Norwood Procedures

A set of surgical procedures performed to establish sufficient outflow to the systemic circulation in individuals with univentricular congenital heart malformations, such as HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME, and MITRAL VALVE atresia, associated with systemic outflow obstruction. Follow-on surgeries may be performed and consist of a HEMI-FONTAN PROCEDURE as the stage 2 Norwood procedure and a FONTAN PROCEDURE as the stage 3 Norwood procedure.

Year introduced: 2011

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Tree Number(s): E04.100.376.724, E04.928.220.560

MeSH Unique ID: D058327

Entry Terms:

• Procedure, Norwood
• Procedures, Norwood
• Norwood Procedure
• Norwood Operation
• Norwood Operations
• Operation, Norwood
• Operations, Norwood
• Norwood Procedure, Stage 1
• Norwood Procedure, Stage I
• Stage 1 Norwood Procedure
• Stage I Norwood Procedure

Previous Indexing:

• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome/surgery (1995-2010)

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Norwood Procedures
Fontan Procedure

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Thoracic Surgical Procedures
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Norwood Procedures
Fontan Procedure