In this video, Dr. Sujoy Chatterjee, Consultant - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Manipal Hospital Broadway, delves into ...

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Conventional Vs Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery |  Dr. Sujoy Chatterjee | MBK

hi I am Dr shuj chat consultant cardiac surgeons at manipal hospitals Broadway today I am going to give you a small insight into the difference between a conventional heart surgery and a minimally invasive card cardiac surgery now to understand uh the difference between a conventional and a minimally invasive heart surgery first I have to tell you how and where the heart is located with should remember that the heart is located below the breast bone over here this is the breast bone below the breast bone heart is located so whenever we require to do a surgery on the heart first thing that is that we have to reach the heart so for reaching the heart there are two different accesses one is the most common conventional approach where we cut open the center of the chest and we reach the heart we just get the Heart below this breast bone there is a modern technique which is called a minimally invasive cardiac surgery where we do not cut open the breast bone but we do a small incision around 4 in on the left or right side of the chest depending on the surgery we are doing to reach the heart the main misconception that is associated with this one is uh minimally invasive heart surgery is not a open heart surgery first of all open heart surgery are are done for cases like a hole in the heart or there is a damaged valve and we have to replace the heart in such cases we have to divert the blood flow of the heart we make an incision on the heart we open the heart repair the valves or close the hole and then again we suture back the heart and in bypass surgery there are blockages in the blood vessels supplying the heart so we do alternative Pathways of blood flow on the surface of the heart here we do not open the heart now be it a conventional approach or a minimally invasive approach we are doing the same things on the heart but we are going through a different way one directly straight from the chest cutting open the bone and another is from the sides so what is the advantage of a minimally invasive cardiac surgery here we do not cut open the bone so the time to recovery is much less a straight car scar in the center of the chest chest doesn't look good isn't it so and a small scar on the left or right side of the chest is just not visible so you are getting back to work quickly you don't have a scar and people don't see you a heart patient after a minimally invasive cardiac surgery but you should remember that after a cardiac surgery be it a minimally invasive or conventional heart surgery your life can be absolutely beautiful you can do everything on on Earth but living with a heart disease is much more dangerous so if you have a problem get it treated if it is possible to be treated by conventional heart surgery that's so that's okay but get it treated because living with the heart disease is much more dangerous than the heart surgery yes all surgeries cannot be done by minimally invasive approaches so there we should not compromise on the longevity on duration of the surgery for the size of incision even if there is a scar in the center of the chest you have a healthy heart right so get yourself treated thank you

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