Mitral Valve Surgery Cost in Chennai

Once the surgeon prescribes you to undergo the surgery then you should mandatorily follow the following steps:

• Talk with the doctor in detail:

Firstly you need to get the vivid about the surgery especially on things to do before and after the surgery. Consult with the doctor about the repair or replacement of the mitral valve as needed.

• Food precaution:

The doctor will guide you on whether you can eat or drink before the night of the surgery or not.

• Information on medication:

The doctors will also give you a detailed note on whether to have the routine medications just before the day of surgery or not. 

• Allergy test report:

Also, need to submit the allergy test report so that doctors can recommend medicines after considering the test report. 

• Daily essentials

The hospital might ask you to keep a follow up on certain daily items like the spectacles, hearing machine or dentures, if any.

During the procedure, you will be given anesthesia that will keep you unconscious for quite a long time. Then a cut is made beneath the left portion of the breast horizontally. But in some cases, vertical incision is also done through the sternum. After that a heart-lung, bypass machine will be connected to assure the blood flow is normal during the surgery. Then the surgeons make an incision on the left atrium to expose the mitral valve. Later biological or mechanical valve is used to replace the mitral valve. Finally, the left atrium is sealed and the cardiopulmonary bypass is removed. At times, the surgery is performed as a robotic surgery as well during that time the doctor sits in front of the console and observes the enlarged version of high definition picture of the heart. He then uses the robotic designed arms to navigate the surgery.

As the surgery gets over you will have to follow a few given steps:

•  You will be retained in the ICU after the surgery. Pipes attached to the bladder will eject the urine while the pipes will draw out the blood and fluid from the heart. 

•  The next day you will be shifted to a regular ward as and when the doctor is satisfied with your recovery.

•  You will be under the constant supervision of the hospital staff. 

•  The doctors will regularly check your breathing rate, pressure or any chance of getting an infection in the incisional area. 

•  Take a short walk regularly and practice breathing exercise

•  The doctor may ask you to monitor the incision area so that no infection takes place and advise you to take medicines on time.

Some of the potential risk associated with mitral valve surgery is:

•  Bleeding

•  Clotting of the blood

•  Dysfunction of valves

•  The problem in the rhythm of the heartbeat

•  Infection at times,

•  Stroke

•  Death 

You can get information on mitral valve surgery cost in Chennai from Credi health Medical experts at 8010-994-994.