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Congenital heart surgery for newborns in particular and open heart surgery in general includes all surgeries performed on the heart muscle, valves, arteries or aorta and other large arteries connected to the heart muscle. heart.
In open heart surgery , often have to amputate the sternum , so the patient will be very painful and have to stay in the hospital for a long time after heart surgery . In particular, open-heart surgery also causes patients to suffer many side effects during the recovery process after open-heart surgery, if they have to take morphine pain relievers.
The case of Ms. Tran Thi Thu Thuyen (31 years old), suffering from mitral stenosis, aortic stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation and underwent heart surgery to repair mitral valve in 2012. Share about For this heart surgery, Ms. Thuyen said that she had to stay in the hospital for 1 month, on the day of the heart surgery, she had to reschedule because there was an emergency patient, after the heart surgery, she stayed in the recovery room for 5 days and the total hospital stay. is 2 months. After the open-heart surgery, both shoulders hurt.
Similar to Ms. Thuyen, 23 years ago, Ms. Le Hong Truong Giang (40 years old) had aortic stenosis, tricuspid valve regurgitation, so she had surgery to replace the aortic valve, after heart surgery, Ms. 6 months post-operative pain and suffering.
The memories of the first heart surgery make patients like Thuyen and Giang worried. Usually, when having a second open-heart surgery, patients are advised about the risks of wound adhesion, more bleeding, and longer hospital stays. If the surgical method and care do not change. Dinh was like that, so Thuyen was extremely surprised when the whole operation and after heart surgery at Vinmec Hospital after only 6 days and was much lighter.
The plan to relieve pain during heart surgery at Vinmec must ensure no pain but limit the use of morphine. The doctor will use the technique of vertebral plane (ESP) anesthesia - a new technique applied at Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital in particular and Vinmec Health System in general. The technique has been applied in over 650 open-heart surgeries with a very high success rate, helping to completely overcome the pain after heart surgery, and at the same time, it is possible to exercise early, eat soon, and be discharged from the hospital only after 3-6 days after surgery.
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