In Ankara, Syrian national Ömer El Zamil (5), whose organs were born on the opposite side and whose main vessels leaving the heart had different connections, regained his health with the surgery performed.
Ömer El Zamil, one of the three children of the Syrian couple Abdurrahman and Şeyma El Zamil, was born with two important main vascular connections in his heart and internal organs in the body reversed in mirror image. Ömer El Zamil, who was kept under control since birth because his heart was close to the right side, was referred to Ankara Bilkent City Hospital in December last year. In Ömer's examinations, it was determined that his heart was located on the right side of the body, the carotid artery, which normally comes from the left side of the heart, originates from the right side, the pulmonary vein, which originates from the right side, originates from the left side, and that there is a large hole between the ventricles of the heart. Ömer El Zamil regained his health with the surgery performed in the hospital and lasted 6 hours.
'WE MADE A RISKY SURGERY DECISION'
Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Clinic Administrative and Education Officer Prof. performed the operation. Dr. Atakan Atalay explained that the diagnosis of such patients can be made with an ultrasound performed while they are in the womb and thus the patients are referred to appropriate developed centers while they are in the womb. He said, "It may be necessary to intervene immediately when such patients are born. However, very rarely, these patients do not need surgery in the early period. Sometimes, as in our patient, they can be operated on at a later stage. For us, it was important not only to keep the patient alive, but also to ensure that the patient lives a healthy life for the rest of his life. That is why we decided on a surgery that may be high risk. Surgery using 3D imaging." "Instead of creating a tunnel, we completely separated the two main vessels coming from the heart. After removing the stenosis under them, we turned them inside the heart and stitched them together with the coronary vessels. Thus, we managed to direct the clean blood from the heart to the body."
'HE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE HEALTH AS A PERSON'
Prof. Dr. Atalay stated that in a standard heart surgery, the anatomy of the heart is clear, but due to the difference in this patient, it was necessary to reset and re-establish the perception of direction, and said, "This surgery took approximately 5-6 hours. The incidence of congenital heart diseases in Turkey is parallel to the general population, but cases with such severe anomalies are extremely rare. Successfully performing a high-level surgery on a heart with such a complex anatomy is a great pride both for the profession and for the history of medicine in our country. This surgery is not even given a chance in most centers." "The healing of babies in our country is very valuable as it shows the peak point of Turkish medicine. He will most likely be able to live as a normal, healthy person after this surgery and for the rest of his life without the need for any other surgery or catheter angiography," he said.
'HE HAD A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY'
Prof from Cardiology Clinic. Dr. Alper Gürsu stated that the patient applied with the complaint of congenital heart disease and said, "He actually applied for this disease at a late age. As a result of our echocardiographic examinations, the decision for surgery was taken in the council we held together with the pediatric cardiovascular surgeon. It was a successful surgery. Normally, the carotid artery comes out from the left side of the heart, and the pulmonary vein comes out from the right side of the heart. In our patient, it came out from the opposite side. In other words, the pulmonary vein came out from the left side of the heart, and the carotid artery came out from the right side of the heart. At the same time, the heart is between the lower eyes, what we call the ventricles." "There was also a large hole between the lower eyes. Our patient applied for the main repair of this disease at a late age. But he had a successful surgery."
