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My nephew was born at 25weeks at 1lb 10oz he has pda and is 4weeks old now, they r treating him with medication at present, how risky is surgery?
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No other choice: This is an extremely premature child and they probably have to do the procedure if he failed medical therapy to close the PDA. The risk to his/her life of not doing anything is greater than the risk of the surgery
Answered 6/13/2015
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PDA: For an extremely premature baby all surgeries carry significantly elevated risks. The good news about all of this is: IF medical therapy fails (indomethacin) the PDA surgery is not "open heart surgery", the CT surgeon approaches the PDA through the side and places a clip on the ductus thus closing it off. Ignoring the ductus is not an option.
Answered 11/27/2017
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