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The Gleneagles Hospital Chennai has successfully completed robotic-assisted mitral valve replacement (MVR) surgeries connected a 16-year-old lad and a 76-year-old woman.
The infirmary said the process were performed utilizing robotic exertion that enables surgeons to entree the bosom done tiny incisions betwixt the ribs, avoiding accepted open-chest country and aiding faster recovery.
The 16-year-old diligent from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, had suffered recurrent fever and an embolic changeable caused by terrible mitral valve disease. Doctors replaced the damaged valve, and the diligent is recovering steadily.
The 76-year-old Chennai resident, who had breathlessness and thorax discomfort on with osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, has regained mobility pursuing surgery.
The procedures were led by Govini Balasubramani, manager of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. Hospital officials said the accomplishment reflects increasing adoption of robotic cardiac procedures aimed astatine improving surgical precision and amended betterment outcomes.
