Surgical experiences acquired by a cardiovascular surgeon during pediatric cardiovascular surgery minor training

Introduction: Specialty training for surgical treatment of congenital cardiac diseases which are among the cardiovascular diseases with a wide spectrum is provided as a minor training today. In Turkey, pediatric cardiovascular surgery minor is a two-year training following cardiovascular specialty. Material and Method: Surgeries attended by a cardiovascular surgery specialist during pediatric cardiovascular surgery minor training between 20 March 2015 and 7 July 2017 were examined in detail in our study. Primary surgery and primary assistance numbers in the surgical treatments applied for these patients who were between neonatal period and 48 years of age and had congenital cardiac diseases were retrospectively examined. Results: A total of 405 surgical attendances including 136 primary surgeries and 269 primary assistances were determined in our study. Based on surgeries other than atrial septal defect closures, primary assistance count was 99 and primary assistance count was 241. Early period mortality was detected as 14 (3.45%) in all patients. Discussion: Surgical experiences acquired by a single doctor in a single center during pediatric cardiovascular surgery minor specialty training actively provided in Turkey in 2012 are important for speciality training and tandardization. In addition to our study which showed that minor training was successful with low mortality values, more data is required in order to determine the quality of minor training..