What Is Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) Surgery?
TOF correct surgery (also known astotal correction; four abnormality correction or Tetralogy of Fallot correction surgery) is a procedure that addresses a congenital heart defect in which the blood is deprived of oxygen. More specifically, this condition takes place when any of four cyanotic congenital heart defects leads to a bluish-purple discoloration of the patient’s skin. The four types of defects include a hole between the ventricles, narrowing of the pulmonary outflow tube connecting the heart and the lungs, an aorta growing from both ventricles, and a thickened muscular wall in the right ventricle. Patients suffering from TOF usually receive total correction or four abnormality correction surgery while they are still infants. In some cases, a series of surgeries are required. The first surgery is often used to increase blood flow to the lungs, while corrective surgeries to widen the pulmonary tract and close the hole between the ventricles (known as a ventricular septal defect
