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ECTOPIA CORDIS - Beating heart outside chest - INDIA, September 2010

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Uploaded by on Sep 10, 2010

Ectopia cordis is a very rare congenital abnormality with the heart formed out side the body. The chest wall and sternum are not formed. The treatment option is surgery to put the heart back in to the chest cage. Its covered by some plastic shield for a period of 6 months. After six months, chest wall and sternum are reconstructed with ribs of the same child. The success rate is about 50% and if good, the child can lead a normal life but without much hard core running and jumping stuff.

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  • This poor child seems to be in great pain and he is being exposed as if he was at some sort of museum. May god bless this child.

  • Oh gosh this child...he deserves to be kept away from cameras, in a hospital.

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  • aww poor lil thing :(

  • God bless him

  • this child doesnt have deformation of the chest only, legs and arms are not normal, and other organs which we can not see perhaps also are deformed specially right renal failiure is most possible.

  • Was successfully treated in AIMS,India

  • I know this was back in 2010 but I hope this baby is healthy and alive today

  • please get the best dr. that there is by you to help him live and to not be in pain. please don't let this baby die. get the best Dr around to help him live please

  • **heart put back inside of the baby .

  • can this baby get surgery and have the heart back inside without harming the baby? God bless you and your baby. ignore any mean people on YouTube if they can't say something nice. they clearly don't have kids if they are going to say hurtful things. you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope the hospital can help this baby without killing the baby. God bless you and your baby. in my thoughts and prayers. God bless

  • That's some fucked up sperm cells, poor kid.

  • so he literally wears his heart on his sleeve! (haha)

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