**7. Outcomes**

The immediate outcome in children undergoing RVOT stenting is quite favourable with saturations improving immediately after the procedure. In a yet unpublished data from the authors more than 30 children had undergone RVOT stenting majority of which were more than one year of age, there was significant improvement in

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the saturations and children were shifted out of PICU within 24 hrs. There were two instances of stent embolization which happened in the initial phase of the learning curve with no in-hospital mortality. The children were discharged on antiplatelets and no episode of stent thrombosis or fracture was noted on follow up.

In a retrospective study by Sandoval et al. at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto [1] which divided the children undergoing treatment for TOF into four categories as described earlier, it was found that the RVOT stent group had significantly smaller pulmonary arteries as compared to other 3 groups (median Nakata index of 79 mm2 /m<sup>2</sup> ) with a comparable post-operative stay, thereby implying that the procedure can be done in children with very unfavourable anatomy.
