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WORLD’S FIRST
DOUBLE VALVE REPLACEMENT ROBOTIC HEART SURGERY
performed @ CHETTINAD HEALTH CITY
The surgery was performed on a 23 yr old man, a driver by profession, by Dr. R. Ravi Kumar, Director, Institute of Cardio Vascular Disease and his team |
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The World’s First Robotic Assisted Double Valve Replacement Heart surgery was performed at the Chettinad Health City, a state of the Art Multi-Specialty hospital at Kelambakkam on the IT corridor in Chennai, India. The surgery was performed on a 23 yr old man, a driver by profession, by Dr. R. Ravi Kumar, Director, Institute of Cardio Vascular Disease and his team.
Announcing this at a Media Conference, Dr. Ravi Kumar said, “Robotic assisted Cardiac surgery was introduced in the year 2000 in USA. Robotic surgery was a novel change in medical therapy that was soon recognized all over the world for its accuracy. The First Mitral Valve was repaired by Dr.Chitwood in the USA. Over the decade, many attempts & advances have been made in robotic surgery to replace and repair heart valves.Single valve repair & replacement in mitral position have been successful since the beginning.
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The First Mitral Valve replacement using robotic assistance was done in India during 2006. Replacement of Aortic Valve was successfully done at Chettinad Health City in December, 2007. But the art of using robotic surgery was never attempted for double valve replacement. This process has been considered technically challenging until now”.
A team of doctors led by Dr. Ravi Kumar and assisted with a high precision robot created history on 21st Feb 2011, when they successfully performed the operation and replaced the damaged valves. The patient who underwent the surgery was present at the media conference and was cheerful and doing well.
In the past, we have done many challenging surgeries like the Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE), operating on a patient with a rare condition called Situs Inversus Solitaris with Dextrocardia etc., however in this case it was more difficult since we noticed that the patient needed to have two valves replaced simultaneously, if he had to recover and lead a normal life.
The patient a 23 yr old man, complaining of shortness of breath even at rest, could walk about only 10 to 15 feet. After evaluation of which included routine tests and an echocardiogram,, patient was diagonised to have rheumatic valvular disease. He had mitral regurtation (leak), mitral stenosis and aortic valve regurtation (leak).The patient was put on a bypass machine and the heart was stopped. Using robotic assistance both the valves were removed and replaced with mechanical Mitral and Aortic valves.
Chettinad Health City is now the first hospital in the world, to have attempted and succeeded in this unique break-through in the field of heart surgery after 11 years. A small step in the achievement of double valve replacement using robotic assistance is a giant leap to cardiac surgery. This is an era that is going to witness an evolution in the field of medicine and ‘New Age Robotics” said Dr. Ravi Kumar.
Find below the link of the Surgery done by Dr. R. Ravi Kumar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gliCPj5iayY |
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Our Guest Speaker of the Month @ CHC - 9.2.2011
Dr. Jawahar Palaniappan, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Department of Cardiology
Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Dr. Jawahar Palaniappan, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, is the
Medical Director of the Department of Cardiology at
Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He is a
George Smith and Srinivasalu Naidu awardee from the
University of Madras. He has been an Attending
Cardiologist for more than 20 years now, and is one of
the experts in current concepts in management of cardiac
failure. He has many publications and presentations to
his credit.
On 9th of February, 2011, he graced CHC with his
esteemed presence to take part in the CME programme
as a guest speaker.
Dr. Jawahar Palaniappan, an Interventional Cardiologist,
shared valuable information on “Recent Advances in
Heart Failure”. He gave an overview of his experience
in dealing with cardiac failure among the population of
the Western world. He discussed about the utility of  -
Blockers, ACE inhibitors and ARBs (Angiotensin
Receptor Blockers) in the management of cardiac failure.
His thought provoking talk inspired and encouraged
faculty and students alike to aspire and excel in their
field of interest.
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KANCON 2010
33RD ANNAUL CONFERENCE OF ASSICIATION OF ANATOMISTS, TAMIL NADU
Participation report of Department of Anatomy
CHETTINAD HOSPITAL & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
CHETTINAD ACADEMY OF RESEARCH & EDUCATION
The 33rd annual conference of Association of Anatomists, Tamilnadu was conducted at Karpaga Vinayagar Institute of Medical & Dental Sciences on 25th & 26th September 2010. The faculty, Postgraduate & Under graduate students of Department of AnatomY, CHRI participated in the conference. Dr. S. Aruna, Professor & Head Department of Anatomy, CHRI gave the presidential address of the association in the inaugural function presided by |
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Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan , Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University on 25th September. Mr. Vaithianathan,
Dr. Manickam, Mr. Senthil Kumar, Ms. Sharmila Saran & Ms. Desi Reddy Vinaitha were the faculty members who presented scientific papers in the conference. All the II year MSc Medical Anatomy postgraduate students & 10 undergraduate students also presented scientific papers. Two undergraduate students participated in UG dissertation competition. Mr. Vaithianathan (Faculty), Mr. Narayanan, Mr. Venkatesh Gopi & Mr. Balaji (Postgraduates), Mr. Sri Vishnu, Mr. Venkata Bopanna Bargava, Mr. Vimalakannan & Mr. Arivarsan (MBBS students) have won best paper presentation award in the conference. Mr. Saravana Kumar & Mr. Shivaram Kumar (III MBBS) have won the first prize in UG dissertation competition. |
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