Surgeons at the edge

[Lenlec]

Anyone see the program the other night on bbc.

A lady had massive operation. She had to have some scarring done before the main operation to stop the irregular heart beat. What type of ablation? Anyone see it

[grandadbren1]

Yes saw the op I thought he did the scarring to create a better path fior the electric impulses from her node to be routed for her heart to beat more regular so I think it was an ablation. It was amazing to see what a fantastic recovery she made with 3 new /reconditioned heart valves.

[HiloHairy]

I'm in Hawaii. I don't get much of the BBC. Special kind of ablation? As I'm on a waiting list for an ablation, you have me very curious. Somebody,.. Please...Tell me about it...

[Omniscient1 in reply to HiloHairy]

They replaced 3 heart valves, including one tucked away inside,it was quite epic, and she walked away.i think it was a bit more than an ablation, though that was part of the early part of the op.There is a British Heart Foundation video on ablation on YouTube which might be a help.Hope it goes well,

Gary

[Omniscient1]

My question was what kind of irregular heartbeat put her in that state??

[Lenlec in reply to Omniscient1]

It didn’t say

[Buffafly]

Not yet!

[Auriculaire]

I was amazed that at 80 years old they gave her the op in the first place and didn't just say she was too old and in a rationed system younger people came first.

[Physalis in reply to Auriculaire]

I'm afraid that when I watch these programmes I wonder if all that time and money could not be better spent on a lot of shorter operations. The week before they did a very long operation and then the patient died. This happened in the previous series too.

The surgeon said my hip operation would be in 3-4 months but that time has now passed. I am wondering if they are catching up on operations for cancer instead of more routine stuff. It's not a problem though as I am not in pain.