Major surgery through minimal invasion performed

Feb. 2, 2012 - PRLog -- NAGPUR : For the first time in the city, doctors at Wockhardt heart hospital performed a bypass heart surgery on a 69-year-old patient using minimal invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) method on Monday. The surgery was done through just a 3-4 inches cut between two ribs on the left side instead of 18-20 inches cut. The patient, a government employee, is said to have responded well to the operation.

The procedure was however not performed fully by city cardiac surgeons.
Dr Marc Ruel from University of Ottawa Heart Institute in Canada, a known expert in the technique, demonstrated the procedure to Dr K G Jayaprasanna and Dr Sameet Pathak, the two cardiovascular surgeons attached to the hospital. Like any other minimal invasive procedure even heart surgery using the technique has its own advantages over the conventional open heart bypass surgery like minimal hospitalization and faster recovery.
"At present, MICS is done in just a few institutes at New Delhi, Mumbai etc. It does have many plus points but it definitely cannot replace the conventional method as it has its own limitations," said Dr Jayaprasanna.

Dr Ruel is in India to teach the technique, started way back in 2005 , to interested doctors in the country. He has already performed surgeries at Hyderabad, Indore and Nagpur. It is suggested for young age patients and professionals who can't take long leave from the job.
The patient operated upon at Wockhardt incidentally did not have any heart disease, hypertension or diabetes. However the problem, blockages of two major vessels, was detected after his first heart attack.

Advantages of MICS :

* Minimum hospitalization.
* No cut in chest bones.
* Minimal blood loss.
* Faster recovery.
* Cosmetic advantage as there is no big scar on the chest.
* Chances of post surgical complications are lesser.
* Chances of infections are also minimized.
* Suggested for patients with other medical complications like diabetes or disease of kidney or lungs.

Disadvantages :

* Can't be done on patients with unstable angina.
* Can't be done on patients with critical left vein disease.
* Is more difficult and requires higher skill compared to conventional procedure.
* Requires different and special instrumentation.

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