In what doctors say is a rare surgery, a patient's leg was saved from being amputated at the Advance Cardiac Institute (ACI) in Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital here.
A 48-year-old woman had developed blue-toe syndrome due to blockage in aorta. By Aortoplasty, the blockages were cleared and her leg was saved from amputation, a press release from ACI said. The complex surgery was carried out by a team of doctors led by Dr Smit Shrivastava, Head of Department (HoD) of Cardiology at ACI.
An aorta in the abdominal region of the patient was divided into two parts due to blockage. It is known as abdominal aorta interception. In this condition, due to blockage, blood flow is not able to reach the toe, causing it to become blue.
Doctors at ACI for the first time performed abdominal Aortoplasty, the press release said.
Dr Shrivastava said about a month back when the patient reached ACI, her right toe had started to decay.
CT scan showed that aorta had 100 percent blockage, causing complete stoppage of blood flow in both legs. As a result, at first the left leg’s and then right leg’s toe had turned blue.
Open surgery was risky and due to gangrene, leg's amputation had become a must.
Eventually, Aortoplasty was planned and was successful, saving the leg.