The surgical team of obstetrics and gynecology at Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital performed a C-section on a patient in her 20s who suffered from Tetralogy of Fallot and underwent open-heart surgery at age 9.
The woman was admitted to the surgical theater under the supervision of Dr. Taktum Al-Erabi who performed the Cesarean delivery with the assistance of anesthesiologist Dr. Abd Al-Ameer Noori. Through accuracy and speed, the surgical team was able to preserve the life of the mother and her first-born.
Tetralogy of Fallot is a rare medical condition, a combination of four congenital abnormalities. Surgeons treat such cases with extreme caution because the patient’s life is at great risk during surgery.
