The Toulouse University Hospital performed three operations on children with heart malformations, closed heart, with the help of a 3D visualization software. A first in Europe.
Three children were operated closed heart in Toulouse in recent weeks. A first European, made possible by the use of EchoNavigator software, which offers physicians a 3D image in real size and the patient’s heart.
Designed in part by Philips, EchoNavigator was already used in some hospitals including Henri Mondor, Créteil located in the Val-de-Marne. Professor Philippe Acar, head of the medical team of children Pole Toulouse University Hospital, told AFP that the three operations are the first of their kind in Europe, because they involve children.
> A combination of X-ray and ultrasound allows surgeons to have a full screen 3D view of the heart on a screen; they may well introduce the instruments needed to repair heart defects without opening the body through a vein (percutaneous operation).
“ This is a revolution image fusion technology, to visualize the heart in 3D and real dimension and treat certain heart defects in children without resorting to open heart surgery “explained Philippe Acar, which is cardiologist and pediatrician. “ This system really helped us. It must demonstrate that it provides real help surgeons . “
The first little patients to have benefited from this technique are two girls, 5 and 9 years and a boy 6 years. The procedure was successful in every situation. “ There are only 72 hours of hospitalization and the child leaves no scar ” said the surgeon. Forty EchoNavigator using new operations are planned in the coming weeks.
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