Hybrid Versus Norwood Strategies for Single-Ventricle Palliation

Hybrid and Norwood strategies differ substantially in terms of stage II palliative procedures. We sought to compare these strategies with an emphasis on survival and reintervention after stage II and subsequent Fontan completion.Of 110 neonates with functionally single-ventricle physiology who underwent stage I palliation between 2004 and 2010, 75 (69%) infants (Norwood, n=43; hybrid, n=32) who subsequently underwent stage II palliation were...