Rare surgery performed at Meghalaya's North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS)

SHILLONG: Doctors at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) recently performed a successful surgery on a baby girl to rectify a rare congenital heart condition.

The 40-day-old baby, weighing 3.6 kg, was suffering from an Aorto Pulmonary Window which is a rare and lethal cardiac problem with an abnormal communication between the major artery taking blood from the heart to the body (aorta) and the one taking blood from the heart to the lungs (pulmonary artery). This problem results in excessive blood flow to the lungs leading to high blood pressure in the lungs (a condition called pulmonary hypertension) and congestive heart failure. The problem occurs in only 0.1% to 0.6% of all congenital heart defects. A large number of patients with a large Aorto Pulmonary Window usually die within 1 year of age if left untreated.

A cohesive teamwork of the Departments of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Anaesthesiology and Paediatrics lead to successful surgery.

A team of doctors and staff including Dr Reuben Lamiaki Kynta, MCh, (Associate Professor of CTVS), Dr Shivadutta Sharma (JR-CTVS), Dr Priyanka Dev (Associate Professor of Anaesthesia), Dr Neha Rawat (Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia), Dr Wewuteu Thopi (Senior Resident, Anaesthesia), Mr Mrinal Mandal (Perfusionists) and Loosar Dkhar performed the successful operation on October 22 last. The successful post-operative intensive care of this baby was provided by the Department of Paediatrics headed by Prof Himesh Barman, and Senior Residents Dr Ivan Derick Thongni, Dr John Biswas, Dr Deisar Muksor and Dr Kapil Sharma.

The baby was discharged on November 12 in a stable condition, stated a press release.

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