ABSTRACT
Objective To compare the efficiency of repairing perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) with continuous stitching to that with interrupted stitching. Methods Of the 158 patients with perimembranous VSD ( 54% males) ,102 ( 65% ) patients underwent the repairing of continuous stitching (continuous group) ,and 56 patients underwent interrupted stitching (interrupted group). All the surgeries were performed under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Results The cardiopulmonary bypass time and aortic cross-clamp times were (31 ±14) mins and (18 ±12) mins in the continuous group, which was significantly less that those of (42 ± 16) mins and (25 ±11) mins in the interrupted group (t =4.49 and 3. 61 .respectively ,P <0. 05) . No case was died. The main complications involved temporary M atrioventricular block (AVB) of two cases (1 case in each group),which disappeared after 1 week. There were two remnants remaining leak (n =2) which was less than 3 mm and automatically cured after 3-6 months. Complete right bundle branch block(CRBBB) occurred in 3 cases in the continuous group and 6 cases in the interrupted group,of which 3 disappeared after 1 month and 2 disappeared after 12 months. The outcome was good in all cases after 1-3 years follow up. Conclusions Continuous stitching showed a shorter cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamp times, and reduced the CRBBB.