Aster Medcity, one of the leading multispecialty hospitals in the country, successfully performed the state’s first-ever robotic-assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, showcasing advanced cardiac surgical care. The pioneering procedure was carried out on 42-year-old Ms. Nisha Purushothaman from Guruvayur, Thrissur. Thanks to cutting-edge technology and expert clinical care, the patient recovered rapidly and was discharged just four days after surgery.
The surgical team from the Department of Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery, under the leadership of Robotic Cardiac Surgery Senior Consultant Dr. M.M. Yusuf, performed the complex procedure with precision. Other key members of the team included Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery senior consultants, Dr. Manoj P. Nair and Dr. George Varghese Kurien, and Associate Consultants, Dr. Sabin Sam, and Dr. Jishnu Palliyani and Senior Consultant from the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care Services, Dr. Suresh G Nair.
