{"id":1375,"date":"2023-02-24T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T12:30:54","slug":"cardiovascular-surgery-performs-unprecedented-procedure-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/1\/cardiovascular-surgery-performs-unprecedented-procedure-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiovascular Surgery Service performs unprecedented procedure in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A technology available in the United States and in European countries was applied, for the first time in Brazil, by the Cardiovascular Surgery Service of Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Hospital last December, by indication of the Electrophysiology Service of the institution. It involves the use of an envelope of antibiotics that surrounds the pacemaker in order to avoid bacterial infections \u2013 one of the most feared complications associated with the use of this type of device. The envelope is placed during the surgical procedure, involving the generator, and the local release of antibiotics is immediately started. Then, over the course of days, the envelope is completely reabsorbed by the body, thus reducing the possibility of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome procedures, medications, and patient characteristics significantly increase the risk of a device infection. And these infections increase morbidity, length of stay and surgical reintervention in these patients,\u201d explains the cardiologist responsible for the innovation, L\u00e2nia Romanzin Xavier, who is head of the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe\u2019s Electrophysiology Service.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

That\u2019s what happened to the patient Augusto Manenti Martins, diagnosed in 2010, at the age of 5, with a disease that compromises the correct functioning of the heart. To correct this situation, he had a pacemaker implanted and since then he has been regularly monitoring the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe service. \u201cAt the end of last year, at the age of 17, we discovered that one of the pacemaker electrodes had broken,\u201d says the mother, Vivian Martins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Augusto then underwent surgery to replace this electrode, but the following day the electrode was dislodged, which led the team to recommend a new surgery. \u201cThe doctors told us about this new cover that involves the device in the antibiotic, and we authorized the procedure, even though it is unprecedented in Brazil. The team showed us studies that attested to the efficiency of this procedure. And it was really a success. He didn\u2019t have any fever peaks in the postoperative period, no intercurrences caused by infection,\u201d reports the mother.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Another great benefit of this new procedure, according to the doctor, is the impact it has on service management. The patient who has an infection is hospitalized, on average, three weeks longer. Treatment costs also rise, as it is necessary to submit the patient to surgery to remove the pacemaker, wait for the infection to be controlled, and then perform a new surgery and implant a new device. And the greatest impact in the whole process is that the patient and the family is relieved from further moments of concern and suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Cardiovascular Surgery Service, in partnership with the Electrophysiology Service, implanted 29 pacemakers and changed the battery of 14 pacemakers implanted previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Augusto is here today, aged 17, it is thanks to the competence of the entire medical team and the entire structure of Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe. All professionals \u2013 doctors, nurses, ICU staff, cleaning staff, in short, everyone \u2013 are extremely humane people, good-natured and dedicated to taking care of our greatest good. And I can only thank this institution,\u201d concludes Vivian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Implantation of a pacemaker with an envelope of antibiotics was carried out in December 2022, debuting the use of technology in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano7\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}