Vietnam doctors use uncommon heart surgery technique

Doctors in Hanoi have successfully replaced a patient’s heart valve with his own pulmonary valve to treat his heart valve failing, instead of using an artificial valve as usual, VnExpress reported Saturday. According to the newswire, Vietnamese doctors have applied the technique, considered a difficult one, since 2003, but didn’t announce it until recently. The latest patient was a 23-year-old student identified only as Thuc, it said, adding that the three-hour operation was conducted by [...]