Kangra, Oct. 18 -- The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (DRPGMC), Tanda, has successfully performed a complex open-heart surgery on a patient suffering from a severely diseased bicuspid aortic valve and a dilated ascending aorta.
The procedure involved replacing the diseased aortic valve with a prosthetic valve and the dilated ascending aorta with a prosthetic graft, using a heart-lung machine.
The surgery was performed by a team led by Head of Department Dr Desh Bandhu Sharma, along with Dr Vikas Panwar and Dr Puneet Sharma recently. The anaesthesia team comprised Dr Bharti Gupta and Dr Aman Thakur.
The coordinated efforts of the operating theatre staff, nursing personnel...