[Clinical course following partial cavo-pulmonary bypass: the Geneva experience from 1985 to 2000].

Partial cavo-pulmonary bypass (termino-lateral anastomosis between the superior vena cava and one of the pulmonary arteries) is an alternative to total cavo-pulmonary bypass because of a lower morbid-mortality, or a first step to this procedure. The authors report a retrospective study of 35 patients who underwent partial cavo-pulmonary bypass between November 1985 and October 1999 at the Geneva Children's Hospital with an average follow-up of 4 years. The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 6.