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Variables are presented as numbers with percentages or as mean \u00b1 standard deviation. Due to the setting of the humanitarian programme, clinical and echocardiographic follow-up procedures could be conducted for only one month postoperatively.\n        \n        \n          RESULTS\n          Twenty-five children (mean age: 70.8 \u00b1 42 months, range 23-163; 44% female) underwent total surgical correction of ToF. Two patients (0.8%) initially received a Blalock-Taussig shunt and underwent subsequent correction 24 and 108 months later, respectively. Preoperative mean right ventricular\/pulmonary artery (RV\/PA) gradient was 84 \u00b1 32 mm Hg, with a Nakata index of 164 \u00b1 71 mm2\/m2. Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) were observed in eight children (32%), six (26%) of whom underwent transcatheter closure before surgery. 24 children (96%) underwent a valve-sparing pulmonary valve repair and one patient received a transannular patch (TAP). There were no cases which saw major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). Mean duration of mechanical ventilation was 28 \u00b1 19.6 hours (range 7-76). Pre-discharge echocardiography demonstrated a mean RV\/PA gradient of 25 \u00b1 5.7 mm Hg, with left ventricular ejection fraction &gt;60% in all cases. Overall length of hospital stay was 11.7 \u00b1 4.5 days. There were no in-hospital mortality cases.\n        \n        \n          CONCLUSIONS\n          Late surgical correction of ToF can be safely performed and produce highly satisfying early postoperative results comparable to those of classical \u201ctimely\u201d correction. 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