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The astonishing picture of Swaroup Anand shows just how far open-heart surgery has come in the last decade.
The 23-year-old went under the knife in Bangalore at Wockhardt Hospital while he was still very much awake.
Doctors chose to numb his body with an epidural to the neck rather than send him to sleep with general anaesthesia.
Lead surgeon Dr Vivek Jawali, said they had performed more than 600 operations this way since 1999.
‘There has been a huge effort in recent times to make heart surgery less invasive. This can be done in two ways. Firstly smaller cuts can be made and this is helped with modern technology and robotics.
‘Secondly we are trying to interfere as little as possible with the body’s natural functions.’
The patients are given a mild sedative rather than being knocked out - this drops their heart rate but means they can respond to commands.
‘The patients are drowsy so they can be aroused but are also able to drift into sleep,’ Dr Jawali said.
‘If we need them to cough or breathe more deeply to clear air from their heart they can respond. This makes the procedure a lot easier to perform.’
This is the most incredible thing ever.
Favorite image of all time.
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