Magnitude and Risk Factors for Paediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Complication and its association with Patient Outcomes in the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia.

Background: Congenital heart disease surgery is related to significant postoperative complications which have been associated with poor patient outcomes. However, the prevalence, predictors, and effect of complications on outcomes have only been evaluated in a few numbers of studies. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of postoperative complications after congenital heart surgery, their predictors, and the associations between complications and patient outcomes.

Immediate Outcomes of Transcatheter Closure versus Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Children at the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia (2012-2022): A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Transcatheter closure and surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are management options for PDA that have not spontaneously closed. However, studies reported the presence of complications and residual shunts in both Transcatheter closure and surgical ligation of PDA by themselves. In this study, the immediate outcomes of transcatheter closure of PDA versus surgical ligation of PDA were compared.