Aadhi's heartbeat and brain activity was stopped for 40 minutes during this surgery . Doctors used a technique known as deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), a surgical technique in which the body temperature was reduced to 15 degree C .The normal human body tempe rature is 37 degrees C and humans quickly die if the core body temperature drops below 22 degrees C.
"The surgery was the fifth such successful surgery performed in the world," said Dr M K Mossa Kunhi, head of department, cardiac surgery and heart transplantation, VPS Lakeshore, who led the team that operated on the boy .
"In all the four other cases, the tumour was reported inside the heart but in this case the tumour was inside and outside the surface of the heart," he added.
"The surgery was the fifth such successful surgery performed in the world," said Dr M K Mossa Kunhi, head of department, cardiac surgery and heart transplantation, VPS Lakeshore, who led the team that operated on the boy .
"In all the four other cases, the tumour was reported inside the heart but in this case the tumour was inside and outside the surface of the heart," he added.
