Sino-Singapore Online, June 24 (Chen Jing, Luo Yanqian) Jingjing is a precious test-tube baby, but was diagnosed with congenital heart disease during the fetal period. When the mother was 30 weeks pregnant, she quietly came to the world early, with a birth weight of only 1070g, and she was critically ill after three weeks.
The National Children's Medical Center and the Pediatric Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University disclosed on the 24th that the experts of the cardiovascular and neonatal team of the hospital successfully challenged the limit and successfully repaired the ultra-mini heart for a quiet weight of only 1300 grams. It is reported that the quiet heart is smaller than the dove eggs, and the entire surgical field is only two fingers wide.
It is reported that in the past, children who underwent complicated congenital heart disease surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass in China have not seen a weight below 1300g. Judging from the past cases in the world, it is safer for children with more than 2000g to undergo cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation.
At present, the quiet vital signs are stable, and it is necessary to receive follow-up treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit. Photo courtesy of pediatric hospital
Professor Jia Bing, director of the Cardiovascular Center of the Pediatric Hospital, told reporters that quietly suffering from complex critically ill congenital heart disease, immature body tissues and tissues are immature. Doctors hope that the various organs will be mature and the operation will be performed when the body weight increases to 2000g. Unexpectedly, three weeks later, the original stable condition quietly developed severe hypoxia and shortness of breath, the condition was critical, and the atrial septal defect of the life channel was close to closure.
Jia Bing admitted that repairing such a miniature heart deformity requires general anesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass, and cardiac arrest. For very low-weight premature test-tube babies, the risk of surgery is very high and the mortality rate is high.
During the operation, the doctors repaired the child's heart in a small space. The meditation function recovered well. Under the careful treatment and care of the cardiac and neonatal monitoring team, the child successfully got out of the ventilator on the sixth day. At present, the quiet vital signs are stable, and he needs to receive follow-up treatment in the neonatal monitoring room.
Professor Jia Bing called for early detection and diagnosis of critical illnesses to bring opportunities for cure. (Finish)