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