Patients suffering from VSD no longer need an open heart surgery: Chulalongkorn Hospital

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Patients suffering from VSD no longer need an open heart surgery

BANGKOK, 24 July 2014 (NNT) - Chulalongkorn Hospital has unveiled its latest medical breakthrough for treating patients suffering from ventricular septal defect (VSD) without having to undergo an open heart surgery.

Assistant Professor Dr. Sophon Napaporn, who is the Director of Chulalongkorn Hospital, has proudly announced that a Chulalongkorn hospital team has invented a new device that would allow the replacement of the aortic valve without the need for a heart bypass.

This minimally-invasive procedure works by inserting a “hydra valve” device into the patients’ body for easier operation and would allow patients to recover from their wounds and get their lives back to normal faster.

The Chulalongkorn medical team is the first in the world to have developed this kind of device. By developing the device, the hospital can save costs by 50% in terms of import substitution.

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[Thai at Heart]

I wonder if any hospital/surgeon outside Chula is going to offer this operation.

[canuckamuck]

I wonder if this is available to pediatric patients?

[ChrisY1]

A clever advancement....

[UbonRatch]

Non-invasive aortic valve surgery and valve replacement has been available in the UK since 2007.

 

Try to google it... it is blocked!!

 

Move along Chula.. nothing new or revolutionary from you again!

[marsstar14]

Non-invasive aortic valve surgery and valve replacement has been available in the UK since 2007.

 

Try to google it... it is blocked!!

 

Move along Chula.. nothing new or revolutionary from you again!

Please read the article more carefully next time... It states that the Chulalongkorn Medical Team were the "first in the world to have developed this kind of device" for aortic valve replacement. I assume that particular device they're referring to is the "hydra valve", which is described in the article.

 

The article does not state that the Chulalongkorn Medical Team were the ones who first introduced the method of "non-invasive aortic valve surgery" to the world.

[UbonRatch]

 

Non-invasive aortic valve surgery and valve replacement has been available in the UK since 2007.

 

Try to google it... it is blocked!!

 

Move along Chula.. nothing new or revolutionary from you again!

Please read the article more carefully next time... It states that the Chulalongkorn Medical Team were the "first in the world to have developed this kind of device" for aortic valve replacement. I assume that particular device they're referring to is the "hydra valve", which is described in the article.

 

The article does not state that the Chulalongkorn Medical Team were the ones who first introduced the method of "non-invasive aortic valve surgery" to the world.

 

Assume come what you may. Why don't you read carefully elsewhere, and actually see that hydra valves have also been around for donkey's years, comparatively, concerning this new alledged Chula and Thai development? Copy, copy, modify nid nid, and hey presto - a new wheel. Same as China does - copyright and patent infringement by the day, not the week! We developed it first, because we don't recognise international copy and patent right laws.

[rethaier]

I would have a difficult time believing that if it was developed here that it was developed by any Thais.

[pgrin]

I wonder if any hospital/surgeon outside Chula is going to offer this operation.

Wow, where to start.

1: Ventral septal defect and aortic valve disease are 2 completely unrelated heart issues.

2: Replacing the aortic valve does not fix VSD

3: Minimally invasive repair of the aortic valve has been around for years.

4: The last sentence tells the real story. They are making a knock off device of a product that is already available. to save"50% on buying the real thing"

[brianP]

 My boy was born with a double vsd.  The septa is the wall separating both chambers of the heart, much like the wall between both of our nostrils. The surgeons have to patch and sew up the tiny holes so scar tissue will form and patch the holes. Usually the doctors let it heal on it's own but the size, number and location dictate surgery.

[belg]

now quickly go to the copy protection bureau, thainess says:when something is succesfull, others copy it to death

[sential]

Underwent open heart surgery last December, Was just meant to be replacement aortic valve (congenital, born with bicuspid valve, along with 2% of the population apparently) which could be done keyhole, but in the UK its all carried out open heart now as the results were better for some reason. Had to have a new aortic root replacement as well due to large heart so keyhole would never have been an option. I'm only 46 so kind of glad it happened when young and fit, because the recovery was an awful time/experience