Karachi: Paediatric Surgery team at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi achieved remarkable feat by successfully performing bedside surgery on newborn baby for hernia repair. This groundbreaking surgery took place in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), making it first-of-its-kind achievement. Unlike traditional surgeries conducted in ideal operating room conditions, this procedure was carried out at baby’s bedside.

Led by Dr. Muhammad Aqil Soomro, Section Head of Paediatric Surgery at AKUH and supported by an expert team of paediatric surgeons, NICU doctors and nurses, anaesthesia team and support staff, bedside surgery was successfully performed.

Dr. Saleem Islam Chair of Surgery at AKUH highlighted significance of bedside surgeries for critically ill newborns with CDH. Soon after success of its first bedside surgery, AKUH later performed second surgery on another newborn with CDH.

Baby boy born on April 25, 2023 at Aga Khan Maternal and Child Care Centre in Hyderabad faced breathing difficulties shortly after birth, leading to diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). CDH occurs when diaphragm, muscle separating abdomen from chest fails to close properly, allowing abdominal organs to migrate into chest cavity.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 25 2023

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