The world's first unnamed boy and the eternal artificial heart

Last week, an anonymous boy had just undergone a 10-hour operation that was continuous and received the attention and care of a team of medical and physicians, resulting in the present strength. The boy's health has made good progress.

Previously, the boy had actually suffered from a muscle wasting called ' Duchenne Syndrome ', because of this disease syndrome that the boy was judged to be unqualified to be on the waiting list. heart transplant. The disease is causing the boy's muscles to degenerate quite quickly, and doctors also say that if the young person who suffers from the disease is unable to walk normally and the risk of death It will be very high in case you need to undergo an operation to transplant an artificial heart in your body.

Last week, the pediatric cardiologist Dr. Antonio Amodeo performed an operation with an experienced team of 8 expert doctors at the Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome (Italy), details of this miraculous surgery were posted on many prestigious international newspapers today, October 3, 2010. Accordingly, the experts marveled that it was completely unlike Previous artificial heart surgeries, surgery that has just gone through is not a temporary solution, but a breakthrough push because the artificial heart will remain fixed in his body. baby throughout life .

Dr. Antonio Amodeo said the artificial heart is about 4 cm long, placed just inside the left ventricle and linked to the aorta above. Mr. Amodeo said: ' The' artificial heart 'device is actually an electrically operated pump, located right in the chest area to minimize the risks that can cause infections. The flow of electricity will be mounted behind the left ear and connected to a battery that the patient will wear next to the belt, the battery will be recharged the electricity consumed at night as the way people still charge mobile phones. This is the first time an electronic device is placed inside a teenage body, it can give him a gadget to improve the quality of life even though the boy is carrying it on. Duchenne disease syndrome. The boy's family proved very happy when their son could undergo a successful operation, and installing an artificial heart also returned his life at risk. Death zone '.

Dr. Antonio Amodeo also added that the " artificial heart " device weighs less than 90 g if compared to an adult's heart which can weigh up to 1 kg, he also hopes that his health Your baby can recover after 2 weeks. Optimistic Dr. Amodeo said: ' This surgery has opened up new horizons when many children need transplant surgeries but the number of donors accounts for a very small percentage and includes some diseases. The transplant cannot be implanted just because of the disease they are carrying. This is a breakthrough surgery because so far it has only been applied to the treatment of adult patients, the device has minimized the left side consequences of health. from infection symptoms '.