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Three rare surgeries

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Wockhardt Hospital performed three rare bypass operations on patients with blocks in coronary as well as carotid arteries (those that supply blood to the brain).

According to Vivek Jawali, Chief Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon of Wockhardt Hospital and Heart Institute, multifaceted complications such as diabetes, high BP and ischemic heart disease lead to a transient ischemic attack (a sudden or a temporary loss of blood flow to an area of the brain).

The technique used was the high thoracic epidural analgesia which was a high precision methodology involving injection of micro doses of local anaesthetic in the epidural space around the spinal cord thereby anesthetising only the local region.

All the patients aged 60 were said to be recovering. "In such cases surgical complications are high. If the coronary arteries are cleared first, it may lead to stroke and reduce blood supply to brains.

If operated on the carotid arteries first, it might result in heart failure. Hence, a simultaneous correction of both are required," noted Dr. Jawali.

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