Istanbul
Ömer Özgenç, who was born in Trabzon last December, was taken to the emergency room with the complaint of bruising one day after his discharge.
In the examinations, the race of the baby, which was understood to have come to the world with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (the left half of the heart is not developed) and which should be operated in a specialist hospital in this field, has also started in time.
Since the illness was not understood during the controls during pregnancy, Özgenç was also extended to the Health Sciences University (SBU) Mehmet Akif Ersoy Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital after a 3.5-hour journey with the Ministry of Health's ambulance plane.
Despite all the negativities experienced in this process, Ömer baby, who is holding on to life without giving up with his small body, is among the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Assoc. Dr. He recovered his health through successful surgery and treatment by the team including Erkut Öztürk.
Having completed the first process successfully with the operation and the multidisciplinary approach that follows, Ömer baby will undergo two more operations, one at the 6th month and the other at the age of 3. As a result of all these efforts, Ömer baby will be able to live his life as well as his peers.
"Ömer will be able to continue his life healthy"
Responding to the questions of Ömer Özgenç's AA reporter, Assoc. Dr. Erkut Öztürk said that the baby had a very severe heart disease and that he was in very bad condition because time was lost in the period after birth.
Öztürk stated that the baby was treated with a clamp (bilateral pulmonary artery banding) to narrow the right and left lung vessels as soon as he arrived at the hospital. noted that the operation was applied.
Ozturk, "These two transactions in the medical world to the one made the situation" Giessen Hybrid Approach to Treatment "is called. We can do that in Turkey No. We are one of the clinic. At the moment everything is progressing very nicely. Shortly after we will discharge our baby. This process It was the first stage. Patients born with this syndrome need 3 operations in different periods. We have successfully performed the first procedure. Ömer will be able to comfortably perform his physical activities and go to school in his next life. " made the evaluation.
Early diagnosis determines the success rate in treatment
Stating that the syndrome is a difficult disease to follow and treat, Öztürk said:
"Unfortunately, until 10 years ago, most of our patients died shortly after birth. In parallel with the developments in medicine, we had centers that covered a lot of distance in this regard in our country. We are also closely interested in these babies since our establishment. We started to be helpful. our head office can make all the interventions that can be made to these standards in the world of baby of the few centers in Turkey. We are one example of this housing center in Turkey. "
Assoc. Dr. Öztürk pointed out that the early diagnosis made in the womb is very important in the success of the treatment in patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, "Unfortunately, Ömer did not have such an opportunity and therefore he encountered serious trauma until the surgery, and serious deterioration occurred in his kidneys and livers. Unfortunately, we do not encounter such a situation in Ömer, we are discharged. We can say that Ömer has recovered now. " used expressions.