What is armpit heart surgery?
We perform the surgery with a 5-7 cm incision under the armpit without cutting the breastbone (26-30 cm), which is called the faith board. The scar remains in the armpit. Unless the person raises his arm in front of the mirror, neither he nor those around him can see the surgery scar.
What is submammary heart surgery?
We perform the surgery with a 5-7 cm incision under the breast, without cutting the breastbone (26-30 cm), which is called the faith board. We make the incision to fit the lower fold line of the breast. A person cannot see the scar without lifting her breast up in front of the mirror. Since it is under the breast, no one else can see the scar.
What is the difference between heart surgery with a small incision and classical heart surgery?
Surgery performed by cutting the breastbone and surgery with a small incision. The only difference between the surgeries we perform is the entrance location and size. The procedure we perform internally is a standard heart surgery.
Endoscopic vein removal method
In addition to underarm and under-breast heart surgeries, another aesthetic procedure I prefer is if it is necessary to remove a vein from the leg or arm other than the chest vein in our patients who have undergone coronary bypass. Removing the vein without making an incision on the arm or leg.
What we call endoscopic method here is the process of removing the vein by entering it with a special tool, accompanied by a camera, through a small incision of only 1-2 cm. In this way, our coronary bypass patients can easily walk and climb stairs immediately after the surgery, without any scars on their legs. The risk of infection is less in this method.
What are its advantages?
Firstly, the patient's post-operative recovery process is very fast. With this method, patients are usually discharged on the third postoperative day. The pain is definitely less. The anesthesia we apply to the tissue during the surgery also has an effect on this. Perhaps one of the most important advantages of this method is that no surgical scars are visible. Our patients are very satisfied with the surgeries we perform under the breast, especially in young women. In fact, the same applies to our male patients. Since it is a more aesthetic incision, it does not cause sexual, psychological and social problems.
These patients do not need blood transfusion. � is less common and they reach the stage of being discharged from intensive care more quickly.
Since the sternum is not cut, the risk of infection is less.
In classical surgeries, the cut sternum is closed with wires and patients cannot move for at least 1.5 months until the bone fuses. They have to be careful and lie on their back while sleeping at night. In the surgeries we perform with small incisions, the patient can lie in any position he wants after the surgery, and they do not have to lie on their back for a long time, unlike patients whose sternum is opened from the front.
There is no restriction in their movements after the surgery. These patients can return to work and social life much earlier. They can wear a seat belt and drive a car. We have patients who travel intercity using their car on the 10th day or drive a truck in the second week after surgery. All these processes take much shorter time than in patients whose sternum has been amputated.
Since the sternum remains intact, lifting weights is no longer a problem. This is especially advantageous for women with small children or patients who work with muscle strength.
Post-operative blows to the chest are no longer a problem.
Another benefit of this technique is that it avoids cutting the breastbone, thus postponing the surgery and therefore increasing the risk. It offers an alternative to patients who may be at risk of losing their chance for surgery, so that they can have surgery on time.
Which patients can it be applied to?
Repair or replacement of Mitral, Aortic, Tricuspid heart valves. Closing heart holes such as ASD and VSD. We can remove heart tumors and perform bypass on the beating heart through a small incision in some of the heart's vessels. It can be applied to male and female patients of all age groups. However, we do not prefer it in patients who have undergone lung surgery. The suitability of the patient's chest structure is very important. We decide which type of incision we will make with detailed examinations before the surgery.
Is surgery commonly performed with small incisions?
It is increasingly preferred all over the world. Surgeons and their teams, who have proven their success in classical heart surgery and have received training in surgery with small incisions, which we call minimally invasive surgery, and have improved themselves in this regard, can safely use this treatment. It can be applied with the following.
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