750 gram preterm baby undergoes lifesaving Cardiac Intervention procedure successfully at MGM Healthcare
One of the smallest baby in the country to undergo
this procedure
MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty
quaternary care hospital in the heart of the Chennai, today announced that it
had successfully performed a lifesaving Cardiac Intervention procedure for a
27-week preterm baby and now is one of the smallest baby in the country to
undergo this procedure. The procedure was done by Pediatric Cardiac
Intervention Cardiologists Dr. Rajesh Kumar
and Dr. Ramyashri under the leadership of Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan,
Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Heart and Lung
Transplant Program at MGM Healthcare.
The 27-week preterm baby,
weighing 750 grams was struggling for life in ventilator for almost one month
since birth in the Neonatal ICU in Chennai. Baby had one large congenital heart
defect called PDA which required closure for survival. After discussion with
parents and surgical experts, we decided to use special device with new
technology for intervention closure, considering the comorbidities for open
surgery.
A team of doctors Dr.
Rajesh Kumar and Dr. Ramyashri under the leadership of Dr. K.R. Balakrishnan
Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Heart and Lung
Transplant Program, MGM Healthcare successfully conducted this procedure on
the baby on 24/03/2022. Baby was shifted back to NICU on the same day after the
procedure. Baby’s oxygen requirements are coming down and will be discharged
once desired weight is achieved.
Speaking about the
patient, Dr. Rajesh Kumar and Dr. Ramyashri explained, “The baby was brought to MGM Healthcare
Chennai for further course of treatment after a one month struggle in in the Neonatal ICU in Chennai. We used special PDA device with new technology for this
intervention closure, considering the comorbidities for open surgery. Usually
these techniques commonly done in children with weight more than 2 kg. With all
the team support of Paediatric Cardiac surgeons, Cardiac Anaesthetists,
Neonatologists and Nurses baby underwent procedure successfully and shifted
back to NICU on the same day. This wouldn't been possible without Multidisciplinary
team efforts of all the people, MGM management, Aishwarya Trust for the support.
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