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Why is beating heart surgery better than open heart surgery? |
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| Because in beating heart surgery |
| 1. Heart is not stopped. |
| 2. Heart is not cut. |
| 3. Artificial heart lung machine is not used. |
| 4. Much lower risk during surgery as compared to open heart surgery. |
| 5. Lesser risk of wound infection. |
| 6. Lesser risk of bleeding complications. |
| 7. Lesser risk of kidney damage during surgery. |
| 8. Lesser risk of ‘stroke’ and other neurological disturbances. |
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| Q2. |
Who can get beating heart surgery? |
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In today’s date almost 100% patients who need bypass surgery can be operated using beating heart surgery by surgeons who have the experience and technical skills to perform beating heart surgery in all the patients. |
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Patients needing multiple bypasses (any number) can also be routinely operated by beating heart surgery. |
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High risk patients can also be operated by beating heart surgery, at a lesser risk as compared to open heart surgery. |
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What is open heart surgery? |
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| Any operation in which the heart is stopped or the artificial heart lung machine is used is called an open heart operation. |
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What is beating heart surgery? |
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| This is a method of doing heart’s bypass surgery without stopping or cutting the heart and without open heart surgery. |
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What is the usual recovery after beating heart surgery? |
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| Recovery after beating heart surgery is much faster as compared to open heart. |
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After beating heart surgery |
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Patients can have a cup of tea as early as 6 hours after surgery. |
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Most of the patients can starting walking within 24 hours of surgery. |
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Patients can usually start climbing stairs 4 days after surgery. |
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Patients are usually discharged within 6 days of surgery. |
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Risk in beating heart surgery is much lesser. |
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What is total arterial revascularization (TAR) |
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| This is a method of doing bypass surgery by using only arterial grafts (from the chest and forearm). This gives excellent long term results after a bypass surgery. |
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How fast can I get back to my work after beating heart surgery? |
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| Most of the patients are discharged in less than a week after beating heart surgery. They can start doing simple office work two weeks after discharge and can usually go back to their full activities 4-6 weeks after the surgery. |
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How frequently check-ups are needed after beating heart surgery? |
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All Patients are preferably first seen one week after discharge.
Patients are strongly advised to join Heart Rehab (Cardiac Rehabilitation Program), which runs for a month.
Patients are subsequently looked after by their referring Cardiologist/Physicians. |
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