The National Hospital Abuja yesterday carried out an open heart surgery on an 8 year old girl who was treated for a hole in the heart.
Happening Now: Open Heart Surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect Repair)
Live at the Trauma Centre, National Hospital, Abuja.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The procedure is a repair of a hole in the heart. The patient is an eight year old girl and the ailment is congenital - She was born with it
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The surgeons are prepping and drapping the patient in preparation for surgery pic.twitter.com/w1sXJB6acm
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The surgeon is performing a Median Sternotomy - opening the chest of the patient.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The patient is about to go on bypass - The bypass machine is a temporary replacement of the heart - before the heart is stopped.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The bypass machine creates a new route for blood to circulate, so that the heart can be stopped. pic.twitter.com/X8ahKcUjwM
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The surgeons have connected the tubes successfully and the patient is now on bypass.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The surgeons are trying to put a purse string around the RSPV (Right Superior Pulmonary Vein)
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
And now a cannula has been inserted into the RSPV. This is to completely drain the heart of blood.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The heart has been stopped and the bypass machine is continuing its functions.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The corrective procedure is still being carried out on the heart and everything is going fine.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The heart has been started again successfully and being tested to work just fine. pic.twitter.com/PJt8QmoCqD
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
The patient has been taken off the bypass machine and the heart takes over. The patient is being closed up.
— Nat. Hospital Abuja (@NatHospital_ABJ) August 11, 2015
WOOOOOOOOOW!
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