City Doctors Perform 18-Hour Cardiac Surgery Successfully

Hyderabad: An 18-hour cardiac surgery was performed on Jyothi Choubey (38) at Continental Hospitals on Monday. A team of doctors performed 'Aortic Debranching', wherein a stent was implanted and six artificial bypass grafts to all the major organs of the abdomen were inserted.

Dr Bharat said an open surgery is not required as it’s a hybrid procedure, adding that, if it was untreated the swelling could have became severe leading to rupture and leakage of blood in the abdomen eventually claiming her life

Jyothi was diagnosed with a large swelling on the main blood vessel extending from the diaphragm into the abdomen and affected the branches to the liver, kidneys, stomach and small intestine.

Dr Bharat V Purohit, chief of Cath lab and Dr Avinash Dal, chief cardiothoracic led the team jointly.

Dr Bharat said an open surgery is not required as it's a hybrid procedure, adding that, if it was untreated the swelling could have became severe leading to rupture and leakage of blood in the abdomen eventually claiming her life.