Emmanuel Lila Kamank, a 6-month-old Kenyan baby who was suffering from a rare congenital heart defect called Taussig-Bing anomaly underwent a nine-hour surgery successfully in Delhi hospital.

‘Emmanuel Lila Kamank, a 6-month-old Kenyan baby who was suffering from Taussig-Bing anomaly, underwent a nine-hour surgery successfully in Delhi hospital and was discharged after a week.’
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Taussig-Bing anomaly is a malformation of the heart in which there is a transposition of the aorta to the right ventricle, which is a normal case should originate from the left ventricle. Read More..





Kamank was admitted at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in a cyanotic condition in which the skin develops a bluish discoloration due to lack of oxygen in the blood. He was put on a ventilator as he suffered a sudden respiratory arrest, which caused a cardiac attack.
Kamank's pulmonary artery was also wrongly positioned into the right ventricle. He also had a block in the aorta, as well as a defect caused by an open fetal blood vessel that should get closed soon after birth, Muthu Joshi, Senior Consultant, Paediatric Cardiothoracic surgeon, said in a statement on Thursday.
"It was a high-risk case with limited chances of success even with surgery. We devised a treatment plan for the baby and informed his family about the 50-60 percent surgical risk associated with it. As the family consented, we decided to go ahead with the procedure," Joshi said.
Kamank underwent a nine-hour surgery and was discharged after a week on the ventilator, he said.
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Source-IANS