900g-baby with congenital heart disease survived
Doctors of the HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have successfully performed a congenital heart surgery for a premature baby weighing 900grams, the lightest patient ever to receive the surgery.
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.
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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.