Malpractice Medical Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery 3

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One or more sections of blood vessel will be taken from the leg, thigh or chest wall and the incision at those points will be sutured and bandaged.
Then, your doctor will make a vertical incision in the center of the chest.
Skin and other tissue will be pulled back in order to expose the breast bone.
Your doctor will carefully divide the breast bone ...
... and a special instrument called a retractor will be used to hold the chest open.
Once your doctor has a clear view of the heart, he or she will make an incision in the pericardium - a thin membrane that encloses the heart. Medical Malpractice
Pulling the pericardium back will reveal the beating heart. Before the graft vessel or vessels can be attached, a heart-lung machine must be connected, A heart lung machine takes over the job of circulating and oxygenating the blood so that your doctor will be free to stop your heart for the length of the operation. Medical Malpractice
To connect the heart-lung machine, one tube is placed into the aorta ...
... and a second tube is placed into the right atrium of the heart.
One or two smaller tubes are then inserted into the heart.
These will carry a special solution that helps preserve the hearts temperature. When all the tubes are in place, the surgical team will turn on the bypass machine. It will begin to circulate the blood as the heart cools. Medical Malpractice
When the temperature of the heart muscle has reached the proper level, a clamp is placed on the aorta. At that point, blood will no longer flow through the heart and it can be safely stopped and repaired.
To complete the bypass graft procedure, your doctor attaches the ends of the new vessels on either side of the diseased area or areas of the old coronary artery.
Once the grafts have been completed, the clamp on the aorta is removed and the heart is allowed to begin beating again.
As the temperature and the rhythm of the heart slowly return to normal, the heart-lung machine is disconnected. Medical Malpractice
The pericardium can now be closed over the heart.
Your doctor will position two special drainage tubes in the chest cavity. These tubes prevent fluid from building up around the heart during the healing process.
The breast bone is then closed with metal wire ...
... and the remaining tissue is closed with sutures.
Finally a sterile bandage is applied.


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[alfathomas30]

Why does the title start with the word

"malpractice" when this simply illustrates the procedure? :-)

[MRTRACYOLIVO]

my dad hade this 5 b.p. on his heart and i need to see what was done

[Ikanagas]

All the millionaire rich doctor's that do these operation, they should all be sued and give the money to poor people

[SOYUZ1968]

Fortunately this technique exists! Unfortunately it's common that the cancer does have no cure!

[copywriter1234567]

brilliant

[PowerPlantEngineer]

They do this operation like 400,000 times a year in US!!! They did seven or eight the week I had mine -- in the hosptial I was in. My doctor has done 14,000 heart operations, the nurses said. Really amazing stuff.

By the way, recovery is painful, and takes a while. The operation cost about 150,000 dollars, and you stay in the hospital about 5 days. God bless the doctors and nurses who are so good at this.

[fsayestaran]

now that i've watched to the end, i feel VERY glad...

[fsayestaran]

O.O

imagine having your ribs tensioned outwards by a retractor... makes me feel almost glad i didn't choose for medicine school or have any heart disease

[batlad]

@alfathomas30 Patient education videos are sometimes used by lawyers to illustrate the *proper* procedure to a jury in malpractice trials.

[nippyreigne]

wow