A four-year-old Chinese boy born with a protruding heart has undergone five hours of surgery as doctors try to correct the defect.
Zhang Weiyuan has Pentalogy of Cantrell, which means the heart does not have a sternum or muscles to protect it and is covered only by skin.
It is so rare it occurs in around five in a million births.
After the operation, octors at Shenjing Hospital at the Chinese Medical University said that Weiyuan would have to be in intensive care for three days before they could find out if the operation was a success.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Boy With Heart Outside Chest
A four-year-old Chinese boy born with a protruding heart has undergone five hours of surgery as doctors try to correct the defect.
Zhang Weiyuan has Pentalogy of Cantrell, which means the heart does not have a sternum or muscles to protect it and is covered only by skin.
It is so rare it occurs in around five in a million births.
After the operation, octors at Shenjing Hospital at the Chinese Medical University said that Weiyuan would have to be in intensive care for three days before they could find out if the operation was a success.
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5 in a million births
ReplyDelete6 billion people = more than 6 billion births.
30 thousand people have this condition!
he got a nice spot to aim for when he is in a snowbal fight
ReplyDeletePimp, this usually gets fixed at birth, only in underdeveloped countries would this continue into childhood.
ReplyDeleteaww. in these underdeveloped countries, do these people wear extra protection?
ReplyDeleteThe bizarre medicine collection grows... I want a movie.
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