Patient Care Medical Feed

Patient previously underwent Intravenous thrombolysis in another centre. Mechanical thrombectomy was done at Apollo Hospitals using stent retriever and multiple clots were removed from the occluded right MCA.

After suffering for half a year and multiple failures of stenting, patient underwent the Whipple procedure along with replacing the damaged portal vein with an artificial graft (PTFE graft) to treat an advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

A 17-month-old Filipino baby was detected with a rare NF-E2 mutation in blood at birth. The baby underwent multiple cycles of blood transfusion in Dubai, before a bone marrow transplant was successfully performed by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals.

A patient with Type A, Acute Aortic Dissection, underwent repair of Aortic Dissection with Ascending Aorta Replacement while preserving his Aortic valve. Cardio-pulmonary Bypass was established with Carotid Artery cannulation to maintain brain perfusion while blood flow to the whole body was stopped during the surgery.

Renal Denervation (RDN) therapy uses radiofrequency ablation to burn the nerves in the renal arteries. This causes reduction in the nerve activity which further reduces blood pressure.

CorPath© GRX Vascular Robotic System was used in the treatment of a long segment densely calcified LCX [circumflex branch of the left coronary artery]. It helped with precise placement of the Shockwave balloon and stent.

In HIS bundle pacing permanent pacemaker leads are placed at the HIS bundle instead of placing it in right ventricle. This direct stimulation of HIS bundle helps the right and left ventricles to be more synchronized.

LAA device closure (LAA-DC) is a relatively low risk procedure indicated in patients at high risk of thromboembolic complications, who are intolerant to anticoagulation or in whom anticoagulation is contraindicated.

Neonatal severe hypoparathyroidism is a rare and potentially lethal condition that causes loss of regulation of calcium levels.

OHVIRA syndrome (Obstructed Hemivagina with Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly) is a rare condition with a double uterus, double cervix and double vagina. There was also only one kidney.

Robotic assisted CABG is the least invasive method of minimally Invasive cardiac surgery. This procedure is suitable to treat patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

Stenting of Coarctation of Aorta was performed on a 23-year-old female patient diagnosed with acyanotic congenital heart disease

The newborn baby was diagnosed with Congenital Heart Block and her heart rate was less than 50 beats per min. The baby underwent permanent pacemaker implantation.

Complex surgery gives new lease of life to patient suffering from rare case of advanced temporal bone cancer

The neonate was born with a swelling on the back of the head and an abnormal curvature in spine. The two corrective surgeries were performed in the same sitting.

A multi-disciplinary team of doctors conducted a 5-hour long and high risk surgery to place the implant.

The Awake Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery is the latest modality for valve replacement surgery in patients with pulmonary disorders.

It was a high risk surgery, as such cases should be operated before the baby is three months of age, and in this case, the patient was 7-months old.

A 26-year-old female patient with RHD, previously underwent Mitral valve replacement in 2012 with 27 mm Biocor valve.

A 73-year-old male patient was treated for multiple artery blockages by performing multiple stenting through keyhole surgery.