On Tuesday, the National Hospital, Abuja Live-tweeted a surgical procedure at its trauma center. The operation was to repair a hole in the heart of an eight year old girl.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The patient has been taken off the bypass machine and the heart takes over. The patient is being closed up.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The heart has been started again successfully and being tested to work just fine.pic.twitter.com/PJt8QmoCqDView
Nat Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The corrective procedure is still being carried out on the heart and everything is going fine.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The heart has been stopped and the bypass machine is continuing its functions.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11And now a cannula has been inserted into the RSPV. This is to completely drain the heart of blood.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The surgeons are trying to put a purse string around the RSPV (Right Superior Pulmonary Vein)
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The surgeons have connected thetubes successfully and the patientis now on bypass.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The bypass machine creates a new route for blood to circulate, so that the heart can be stopped.pic.twitter.com/X8a
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The patient is about to go on bypass - The bypass machine is a temporary replacement of the heart - before the heart is stopped.
Nat. Hospital Abuja@NatHospital_ABJAug 11The surgeon is performing a Median Sternotomy - opening the chest of the patient.
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