India is making great strides in the field of medicine and proving
that innovation and excellence are no longer preserved only in the
West. Bangalore based Workhardt Hospital & Heart Institute one
of the leading heart hospitals in the Asian subcontinent has performed
an accomplishment in the history of heart surgery. Dr. Vivek Jawali,
Chief Cardiac Surgeon, along with his team has performed the world's
first Awake Coronary Bypass Surgery along with an Open Heart Surgery
to replace a diseased aortic valve. Dr. Vivek Jawali a returned NRI
had pioneered Beating Heart Coronary Bypass Surgery in the entire
Australasia region. He says, "Awake Heart Surgery is set to bring
about an exponential change in the way heart surgery will be performed
in the future. This technique is also going to bring new hope and
life to patients who require heart surgery but are routinely classified
as inoperable due to multiple complications." 
Awake Heart Surgery for beating heart coronary bypass surgery was
pioneered by Workhardt Hospital during 2002. Since then Workhardt
team has performed more than 255 awake beating heart coronary bypass
surgeries has been performed and achieved the distinction of 6 international
publications in leading medical journal of the world. Awake heart
surgery is the future of heart surgery.
Benefits of Awake Heart Surgery
- No general anaesthesia
- Patients with associated complications like poor lungs, renal
disease can be safely operated
- Reduction in post operative ICU stay to 4-6 hours and discharge
from hospital within a week
- Less usage of medications
- Cost effective
Source: www.indiatoday.com
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