Docs save 60-year-old's life through new minimally invasive procedure
The man was diagnosed with aortic bio-prosthesis degeneration with severe stenosis -- condition in which calcium gets deposited on the aortic valve in the heart -- was successfully operated using a new minimally invasive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Apr 21, 2017, 23:28 PM IST
Too sick for heart valve surgery? Conscious sedation, a safe alternative to general anesthesia
According to the research, the patients who underwent conscious sedation had a similar rate of adverse events to those who underwent anesthesia, but those who were given conscious sedation had shorter stays in the intensive care unit (30 versus 96 hours for those with general anesthesia) and shorter hospital stays (4.9 days versus 10.4 days).
Apr 12, 2017, 09:46 AM IST
