Dr Pham Thi Thanh Tam visits the baby after surgery in HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No 1. (Photo: VNA)of the HCM City-based No 1 have successfully performed a
congenital heart surgery for a weighing 900grams, the lightest
patient ever to receive the surgery.
Dr Pham Thi Thanh Tam, head of the Newborn Resuscitation
Department, said that on March 3, the department took in a patient from a
hospital in Vinh Long province suffering congenital and
coarctations of the aorta.
The baby was born prematurely, at 31 weeks of gestation and
weighing only 900g.
The patient also suffered many injuries, such as respiratory and
kidney failure.
Tam said that this was a difficult and dangerous surgery.
According to the doctor, the team could not wait until the baby
weighed enough for surgery.
If the surgery was not performed, the heart defects would have
affected the baby’s health. The baby’s organs have not developed yet completely
and could not keep the baby alive, Tam said.
Doctors from related hospital’s departments held a consultation to
find the best solution.
After 20 days of careful preparations, doctors decided to undergo
surgery on March 23.
After an hour, the operation was successful. The patient now can
breathe with support of oxygen. Nutrition is still supplied from the
intravenous to stomach, doctors said.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
