Still Waters Posted February 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 22, 2018 A man was left with two beating hearts after surgeons performed a rare “piggyback” operation in a last-ditch attempt to save his life. The 56 year-old Indian patient was meant to have a standard transplant operation but the doctors quickly realised the donor organ from a brain-dead teenager was too small. Cardiothoracic surgeon A Gopala Krishna Gokhale turned to “Plan B” and connected the healthy heart to the old failing organ during a seven-hour operation at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad last week. https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/techandscience/man-now-has-two-beating-hearts-after-successful-piggy-back-transplant-operation/ar-BBJoxJK?li=BBuW5k4 http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/man-ends-up-with-two-hearts-after-surgery/article22717440.ece 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted February 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 22, 2018 How could you not know that a heart was too small before you started the operation? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted February 22, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, Keel M. said: How could you not know that a heart was too small before you started the operation? They didn't follow the 'measure twice, cut once' approach I guess? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted February 22, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Seems not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted February 22, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 22, 2018 The Doctor made a Doctor. Galafrey, here he comes. TARDIS pick-up please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Gibb Posted February 27, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Now that's "having a heart", x's 2. Twice the "heartfelt" feelings. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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