Erratum
for
Breymann et al., Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 21 () 703-710.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:259-260
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL
Erratum to "Bovine valved venous xenografts for RVOT reconstruction: results after 71 implantations"
[Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 21 (2002) 703–710]
Thomas Breymanna*,
Wolf-Ruediger Thiesb,
Dietmar Boethiga,
Rainer Goergb,
Ute Blanza,
Reiner Koerfera
a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart-Center North-Rhine Westfalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart-Center North-Rhine Westfalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-5731-971912; fax: +49-5731-972020
e-mail: tbreymann{at}hdz-nrw.de
The publisher regrets that when the above article was printed, Figs. 7–9
were incorrectly reproduced. The correct figures and corresponding legends are printed correctly, below and overleaf.
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Fig. 7. Survival after RVOT reconstruction with different kinds of conduits. Better survival of Contegra® recipients might be partially explained by less extensive reoperations: reoperation for bifurcation stenosis after Contegra® conduits was always limited to bifurcation plasty, while homo- and porcine xenografts had always to be entirely explanted when a revision was done.
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Fig. 8. Freedom from explantation of different kinds of conduits. Concerning freedom from explantation in our patient population, at 27 months Contegra® conduits are significantly superior to homo- and porcine xenografts.
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Fig. 9. Freedom from explantation or reoperation of different kinds of conduits. Contegra® conduits behave comparable to homografts, both are significantly superior to porcine Tissuemed® xenografts. However, homografts were always explanted during reoperations, while Contegra® reoperations were necessary only for stenoses or (in one case) dilatation of the patients’ pulmonary vessels beyond the conduit.
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