The advent of
minimally invasive heart surgery has given a new horizon to cardiac care in
India. The blog discusses about recent advances in minimally invasive heart surgery in
India.
Minimally invasive heart surgery involves use of
sophisticated instruments and devices to perform heart surgery. The technique
involves use of robotic devices and other thin instruments to perform the
procedure. Minimally invasive heart surgery is done through tiny openings in
the chest, unlike making a large incision through the breastbone or sternotomy,
as done in conventional heart surgery.
Robotic Heart Surgery is a type of minimally invasive heart surgery that allows surgeons to
perform complex heart surgeries with smaller incisions. The surgeon uses a
computer console equipped with robotic arms to perform heart surgery. The robotic
arms are extension of surgeon’s hands. The surgeon looks through the tiny
camera attached to robotic arm and provides surgeon with a greater range of
motion to perform the surgery with precision. The incisions made with robotic
surgery are less than 2 inches as compared to 3 to 4 inch incision in
traditional minimal invasive heart surgery.
Robotic assisted Heart Surgery is done to treat a number of heat
conditions such as regurgitation and stenosis of bicuspid valve, blockages in
coronary arteries, angina, removal of cardiac tumours, repair of atrial septal
defect and atrial fibrillation.
The heart surgeries
performed with minimally invasive techniques in India:
Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass Surgery or
MIDCAB – MIDCAB is used for the correction of coronary heart disease. The
surgery is also known as “keyhole" heart surgery. The surgery is done on
beating heart without use of a heart lung machine. The surgery is performed by
making small incisions on the left side of the chest. The surgeon removes
internal mammary artery using da Vinci robotic technique. The artery is then
stitched to coronary arteries. The surgery is most preferred by surgeons
now-a-days since there are lesser complications associated with the surgery.
Valve Repair and
Replacement - Heart valve
replacement surgery works by removing a damaged heart valve and
substituting it with grafts or body parts or synthetic heart valves. Minimally
invasive valve surgeries performed in India are:
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Aortic valve replacement
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Mitral valve replacement
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Tricuspid valve replacement
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Pulmonary valve replacement
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Atrial
Septal Defect - Minimally Invasive surgery allows closure of the atrial
septal defects. The surgery is performed through small incisions without stopping heart or separating
breast bone and rib cage. The other congenital heart diseases such as
Ventricular Septal Defect and Tetralogy of Fallot are also performed by
Minimally invasive technique.
The minimally invasive heart surgery is performed to treat
many other heart diseases such as: Marfan syndrome (condition affecting aorta),
Atrial fibrillation etc. Implantation of ventricular heart devices are also
done with minimally invasive technique in India.
The advantages of Minimally Invasive are many. There is
lesser trauma and pain involved with the surgery, shorter hospital stay, faster
return to normal activities, little scarring, no splitting of breast bone and
minimal risks of neurological complications since heart lung machine is not
used in most of the cases.
Minimally invasive heart surgery in India is available with
best cardiac surgeons in India. The surgery is available at much cheaper and
affordable cost than any other world class facility. Some of the best heart hospitals
in India are equipped with cutting edge technology such as 256 slice CT scan,
Cardiac MRI, PET scan, SPECT thallium, 3D echocardiography, Contrast
echocardiography and Robotic surgery.
With minimally
invasive cardiac surgery allowing surgeons to perform heart surgery with
precision and lesser trauma than conventional cardiac operations, the technique
has been well adopted across many state-of-the art heart hospitals in India.
Many a medical tourist from all over the world now travel abroad to India for
seeking quality and affordable minimally invasive heart surgery in India.
More information about
Heart Surgery in India can be obtained on +91981862127 or +919320036777. Write
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