Chennai: Apollo Hospitals Chennai has announced the successful completion of robotics cardiac surgery on the oldest patient in India at its dedicated Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit in Greams road. Dr MM Yusuf and his team have created a milestone by performing the Robotic-assisted Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) on a 93-year-old patient.
While many patients between the age of 70 have been successfully saved in the past few months through robotic cardiac surgeries, the 93-year-old has become India's oldest patient to date to receive the robotic CABG surgery.
Dr Yusuf, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Apollo Hospitals said in a statement: "Minimally invasive Cardiac surgery avoids sternal split and aids quick recovery. Robotic assist CABG is the least invasive cardiac surgery procedure available now. This surgery involves making tiny holes in the chest cavity through which surgery is performed with the help of Davinci Robotic system. Most patients do not have any cut in the legs since the 2 arteries in the chest wall are used to perform the bypass surgery. Patients have little blood loss, pain and recover quickly. Hospital stay is usually 2 to 3 days and return to full normal activity is 2 to 3 weeks as opposed to 3 months or more with open CABG. This unique procedure is performed in very few centres across the globe."
