Objective:To investigate the effect of mitral valvuloplasty in the treatment of children with mitral insufficiency. Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 135 children(55 males and 80 females) who had undergone a mi-tral valvuloplasty in Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from July 1,2008 to July 1,2018. The surgical ap-proaches included mitral commissurotomy(90 cases),annuloplasty(13 cases),cleft suture(29 cases),double-orifice valve repair(20 cases),shortening of chordae tendineae(5 cases),and triangular resection(5 cases). Concomitant intracardiac anomalies were treated simultaneously if present. The paired t-test was used to evaluate the effect of the operation by comparing the following preopera-tive and postoperative results:degree of regurgitation,left atrial diameter(LAD),left ventricular end-diastolic diameter(LVDd),left ventricular end-systolic diameter(LVDs),and left ven-tricular ejection fraction(LVEF). Results:All of the 135 chil-dren had a successful operation,and no death occurred during the operation. The in-hospital mortality rate was 5.2%,and the reoperation rate was 2.3%;125 children remained in the clinic follow-up,with a loss to follow-up rate of 8.8%;the mean fol-low-up duration was (18.2±15.2) months. After the operation,there were significant reductions in the mean values of LAD,LVDd,and LVDs[(20.0±5.8) mm,(33.7±6.3) mm,and (21.6±4.9) mm,respectively,P=0.000],and a significant increase in LVEF [(68.7±4.6)%,P=0.000];82.5% of the children had their regurgitation reduced to a moderate or lower degree. Conclusion:Mitral valvuloplasty has a definitive effect in the treatment of children with mitral insufficiency with few complications observed,which makes it the optimal surgical approach for the disease;other concomitant intracardiac anomalies can be simultaneously treated if pre-sent,with a good outcome to be expected.