Doctors of the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a constituent of the KIIT University, successfully performed a bypass heart surgery through lateral thoractomy approach recently.
The patient Upendra Mohanta (59), a resident of Palashpanga of Keonjhar district, was suffering from left main coronary artery disease. After admission in the KIMS hospital, a team of doctors including Dr Bana Bihari Mishra, Dr Ashok Badamalick and Dr D Senapati performed the surgery. This was the first time that such a surgery through lateral thoractomy approach was successfully performed in Odisha, according to sources.
Commonly, this kind of surgery is done through sternotomy approach, where chances of infection, mobility and mortality are very high. However, the lateral thoractomy approach excludes these risks.
In yet another instance of providing immediate and efficient health service, the KIMS saved a serious heart patient by providing timely shock therapy. Bijay Bhatt (45) from Barang was admitted to the KIMS after suffering from a heart attack. His family members had decided to shift him to another hospital after preliminary treatment. But on the way, the patient’s heart arrested and he was rushed back to the KIMS.
Shock therapy was performed on the patient by Dr Panchanan Sahoo, Dr Bivutendra Mohanty, Dr YJK Reddy and Dr Satakshy Malakar, enabling the patient to recover.
Founder of KIIT & KIMS Dr Achyuta Samanta congratulated the doctors who performed the operation through lateral thoractomy approach and the other group of doctors who saved a precious life.