This is done to use the right ventricle to supply blood to the aorta. For the remaining pulmonary artery, the doctor will use a BT shunt to connect to the subscapular artery, or a Sano shunt to directly connect to the right ventricle with an artificial blood vessel.
In a word, reduce the pressure as soon as possible, shunt and then shunt again. The earlier the shunt and decompression surgery is done, the better. The child will develop again after birth, so we must seize this development period.
Student Xie explained the child's entire heart condition from beginning to end, right?
Everyone took out the echocardiogram of the child and saw the results: mitral atresia, left ventricular hypoplasia, patent ductus arteriosus, and atrial septal defect (II, multiple).
Basically consistent with what classmate Xie said.
Classmate Lin Hao has long been completely convinced by Classmate Xie.
However, in this situation where it is obvious that it is best for the child to undergo surgery as soon as possible, why is the atmosphere in the room so weird?
The fairy brother has not said a word yet.
I didn’t say what Xie said was right or what Xie said was wrong. What’s wrong with these teachers?
Classmates Lin Hao and Pan were a little confused.
Wu Manzhong and Miao Tianying stood together, communicating with complicated eyes: Tell me about this student.
These students performed very well today, especially one super academic who made Cao Zhao stand out from the rest of the teachers. No teacher doesn’t want a smart student. But if the student is too smart, sometimes it is also a trouble.
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Look, after the stubborn student Xie explained all the academic issues realistically, the teacher had almost no way out.
What Mr. Xie said is absolutely right. The surgery needs to be done as soon as possible. It must be done tonight.
Academically, this conclusion is correct, but surgery is done by humans.
The emergency department phone rang.
The operating room called.
It can be seen that Dr. Wu had someone call the operating room to prepare for emergency surgery.
It was determined that the child's condition required heart surgery first, and the call to the operating room was answered by Dr. Cheng.
The person in the operating room asked: "What kind of emergency surgery is it?"
Dr. Cheng Yuchen thought for a while and replied: "You should prepare for Norwood surgery first."
Person in the operating room: "Norwood surgery?"
Dr. Cheng Yuchen: "Yes."
Person in the operating room: "Norwood surgery?"
Dr. Cheng Yuchen: That's it, repeater.
It’s not the fault of the people in the operating room. Dr. Cheng Yuchen has never performed such an operation.
As mentioned before, the number of cases of left heart hypoplasia in China is extremely low. Not only is the number of cases low, there are also very few parents who are willing to let their children undergo this surgery.
Generally, doctors only need to explain clearly to parents what the disease is, and the parents will be very confused after hearing this.
If the doctor next says that the child needs multiple surgeries instead of just one surgery, the parents will have a bigger head.
When the doctor said that all the above-mentioned surgeries were completed, all surgeries were palliative surgeries and could only prolong the child's life. Non-radical surgeries could not cure the child's heart disease.
Parents' heads are almost in a state of shaking denial.
The doctor will eventually need to vaccinate the parents, citing the worst-case outcome of the disease: the child will develop heart failure again and require a heart transplant.
On the one hand, parents have to consider financial issues. All the treatment expenses for children in China are paid out of their own pockets and cannot be reimbursed. Not to mention money, on the other hand, it is difficult to find donor hearts for heart transplants. I have said this many times before, and I don’t need to elaborate.