Karaganda has introduced a new cardiac surgery technique: local specialists are performing minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting, in which the chest is not fully opened and access is gained through a roughly seven-centimeter incision between the ribs, according to infohub.kz.
According to the regional akimat, the procedures are performed on a beating heart. The method is suitable even for obese patients, and recovery is significantly faster.
"Thanks to the minimal incision, the trauma is reduced and rehabilitation is easier. After surgery, patients stay in the hospital for about three days and are then discharged," said cardiac surgeon Tamerlan Mukazhanov.
Doctors at City Hospital No. 2, together with surgeons from Astana, successfully performed the first four heart operations without fully opening the chest. After completing their training, Karaganda specialists will be able to perform such procedures independently, making advanced medical care more accessible to residents of the region.
It is noted that this is already the second stage of training for Karaganda surgeons: they had previously traveled to Astana for practical training.
According to Alibek Toibayev, head of the cardiac surgery department at the hospital of the Medical Center of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, surgeons can now perform similar operations in the region independently.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that surgeons in Mangystau performed the first neurosurgical operation on a newborn diagnosed with meningoradiculocele. It was also reported that Ust-Kamenogorsk performed its first successful operation using a neurosurgical robot.