Conventional, absorbable, and telemetric adjustable
FloWatch banding techniques
Conventional, absorbable, or telemetrically adjustable bands placed on
the pulmonary trunk have been employed in several institutions as
initial palliation in premature infants with low body weight having
either multiple muscular defects, or alternatively the true Swiss-cheese
septum. This protocol has also been employed in cases of multiple septal
defects having anatomical peculiarities predisposing to postoperative
heart block, and residual defects in a small
infant.14,16,17,43