Triple surgery in a child’s heart
- 13th January 2018 -
For the first time at SKY Hospital, a 6 years old girl underwent a complex open heart surgery successfully on 13/01/2018. The patient, daughter of Mr. Langkhangen of New Lamka, C.C.Pur District, Manipur was born not only with one hole in the heart but multiple heart defects.
She had a large heart hole called Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), another “blocked heart valve” called Pulmonary Stenosis (PS) and third heart defect called Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation/leaking. Despite the complexity of the multiple birth heart defects a combined heart team of SKY Hospital, Imphal and BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi led by Dr. Ajay Kaul, Senior Heart Surgeon, HOD & Chairman of BLK Heart Centre and Dr. L. Shyamkishore, Chief Cardiologist of SKY Hospital performed the operation in staged manner.
First, the hole (ASD) was closed by opening the right atrium. Secondly, the blocked valve (PS) was opened up by a procedure called Valvotomy through right atriotomy, followed by a third operation called Valvuloplasty for Tricuspid Heart Valve leaking through a small right ventriculotomy. The triple surgery took 3 hours 30 minutes. She recovered very well and was discharged home on Day 8 after operation. She will now grow up like a normal person.
Dr. L. Shyamkishore, Chairman & Chief Cardiologist of SKY Hospital, stated that the operation charges and hospital charges were provided free of cost under joint venture of RBSK, National Health Mission, Manipur and SKY Hospital, Imphal.
He further emphasised that the best result of an open heart surgery depends much very on the experience of the Lead Heart Surgeon and the experience and skill of the Lead Cardiologist providing pre-operative and post-operative care of such patient. All are available at SKY Hospital. SKY Hospital is continuing to provide such free open heart surgery to children below 18 years of age.
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This Press Release was posted on January 28 2018
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