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Recently, we changed the approach to commissurotomy of the fused leaflets by releasing the supra valvar tethering and delamination of the cuspal apparatus till the base to improve the mobility of the cusps and do a controlled commissurotomy (Group-3, 14 patients). With delamination, we could extend the limit of the repair to a z-score of \u20133.5.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results :<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There was no hospital mortality; two patients died at home after discharge. A mean follow-up of 42.01 months \u00b1 19.25 is available for 198 patients (92%) for group 1, 16.03 \u00b1 7.45 for group 2, and 4.07 \u00b1 2.09 for group 3. The re-intervention-free survival is 94.4% in group 1. The z value improved from -3 (-3\u2013-2) to -1.2 (-3 \u2013 0),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001 in Group 1, from -2.8 (-3\u2013-2.4) to -1 (-1.1\u2013-0.7),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001 in Group 2 and from \u20133 (-4\u2013-3) to -1,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001 in Group 3. In all the groups, there was trivial or mild pulmonary regurgitation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions :<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>During repair of TOF, adequate valve\/annulus sparing is possible if the repair is done from both the main pulmonary artery and infundibular incisions using the delamination technique.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/apc.apc_166_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,11]],"date-time":"2021-08-11T08:13:37Z","timestamp":1628669617000},"page":"315-322","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Early experience with surgical strategies aimed at preserving the pulmonary valve and annulus during repair of tetralogy of Fallot"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Anil 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