Minimal Access Cardio Thoracic Surgeries performed at A J Hospital

Mangalore: A J Hospital & Research Centre is a major referral centre in Mangalore and the surrounding districts. A J Hospital has performed complex Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgeries with excellent results. A J Hospital has achieved many a milestones by conducting various rare surgeries and procedures.

Minimal Access Surgery is recent trend in Cardio thoracic Surgery. Team at A J Hospital also has started doing Minimal Access in all spheres of Cardio Thoracic Surgery. Series of cases were performed in Congenital, Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeries.

A 35 yeras old labourer from Karwar underwent Minimal Access Surgery where his coronary blocks were bypassed.

17 yeras old girl with hole in the heart (ASD) underwent successful Minimal Access Surgery.

Apart from these Thoracic cases VATS (Video Assisted Thoracoscopy) routinely being done in appropriate cases.

These type of surgeries help patient to recover faster are less painful and can be fast-tracked with invisible scars (cosmetic) without compromise in the quality of work.

Team includes Dr. Jaya Shankar Marla, Dr. Gourav Shetty, Dr. Sambhram Shetty and Cardiac Anasthetist Dr. Gururaj Thanthry.

Dr. Prashanth Marla, MS, M.Ch. (Urology), Medical Director & Transplant Surgeon, A J Hospital & Research Centre. To consult / for appointment : 0824 – 6613282 / 7846802333