Surgeons at Kamineni Hospital performed the heart surgery in about 5-6 hours and the patient was able to walk the next day.
Published Date – Wed, 24 May 23 at 05:50pm
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Hyderabad: Ramisetty Annamma Naidu, a 35-year-old patient from Suryapet, has successfully recovered from the life-saving Bentall operation, a complex open-heart surgery, surgeons at Kamineni Hospital in LB Nagar announced on Wednesday.
The patient was admitted with chest pains and difficulty breathing, and tests revealed he had Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue.
The Bentall procedure is a complex open-heart procedure for the combined disease of the aortic valve and ascending aorta, which is common in patients with Marfan syndrome. In this procedure, the aortic valve, aortic root and part of the ascending aorta are removed and replaced with a composite graft, and the coronary arteries are reimplanted with the graft, Rajesh Deshamukh, Senior CT and Vascular Surgeon, Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar Dr. said.
The procedure takes approximately 5-6 hours to complete the heart surgery and the patient is able to walk the next day and be discharged on the fifth postoperative day.
Complex cardiac procedures are performed by Senior CT and Vascular Surgeons Dr Rajesh Deshamukh, Dr Vishal Khante, Senior Cardiac Anesthesiologists Dr Suresh and Dr Smrithi.
