AIIMS-Delhi doctors perform complex surgery on grape size heart of foetus

A team of doctors from AIIMS here have successfully performed a complex surgery on the grape-size heart of foetus and reshaped it inside a mother's womb.

The 28-year-old pregnant woman who had suffered three miscarriages was crestfallen when she was informed about the heart condition of the foetus in her womb, doctors at the hospital said.

However, the woman was determined to continue with the pregnancy and agreed to allow the doctors carry out the procedure on the foetus’ heart. “A team of interventional cardiologists along with doctors from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at AIIMS performed the procedure termed balloon dilation in the obstructed valve of the heart. Under the procedure which was performed under the guidance of ultrasound, a needle was inserted in the heart of the foetus and then using a balloon catheter, the obstructed valve was unclogged,” a senior doctor said.

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Delhi AIIMS doctors perform rare surgery on grape size fetus heart in 90 seconds