How long does quadruple bypass surgery take?

Question

MY dad is having it this morning and I don't know how long it is supposed to take. His surgery was scheduled for 7:00 a.m. and it is now 9:20 a.m. and I don't know when I should start to worry...

Answer 1

This surgery can be anywhere from 4 to 12 hours depending on it's complexity with the average being 4-6 hrs. Please try not to worry because if anything were to (God Forbid) go wrong, the surgical personnal would come out and let you know.

Answer 2

You have to take into consideration the following things before you worry yourself. A patient will usually go into a pre-op holding area while every member of the OR team is assembled. After that period, the patient is usually taken into the OR suite. He may then be prepped which includes but not limited to the following: shaving the chest, legs, prepping the skin with betadine, the anesthesiologist putting the patient to sleep (intubation, placing a central line, arterial line etc). The surgeon's assistant may harvest the veins which will be used for the bypass. The patient will be put on the bypass machine, labs are drawn. It may be an hour or two before the actual surgery starts. A sternotomy is usually made to work on the heart for the actual bypass. The actual bypass procedure can last from an hour or less. Once the actual procedure is completed, the surgeons will ask the anesthesiologist to do an ECHO to check the heart function, wait to make sure that all of the bleeding has stopped etc, then sternotomy wires are placed, chest tubes etc, but before that the patient has to be weaned off bypass. Once a patient is weaned off bypass successfully, no bleeding he can be prepared to transferred to the ICU. The anesthesiologist has to finish their work first. The actual surgery does not take that long, it's the steps and preparation and work afterwards that takes a while. I am sure your father will be fine.

Answer 3

Bypass surgery is performed when the arteries that feed your heart oxygenated blood become blocked and the muscle tissue in the heart is not getting enough oxygen. During the surgery, they take other arteries from your body, and sew them over the bad arteries in the heart to redirect the blood flow (thus the term "bypass"). The number term (triple, quadruple, etc) refers to how many arteries they need to bypass during the surgery. Although bypass surgery is major and quadruple bypass is a little more extensive, it is performed very often, and has become a very standard procedure. Most hospitals that do this surgery have specialized cardiac units, and are usually the best of the best. Your uncle and family should express any concerns to the doctors/surgeons. Good wishes and best of luck!

Answer 4

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Matt - In the United States, the nationwide risk of dying during bypass surgery is only about 3%. HOWEVER, this number is when you look at ALL patients regardless of age or other health problems. The risk of dying is higher, for example, in patients who are older or undergoing emergency surgery. Without knowing the rest of your uncle's medical history, it is difficult to give you a precise estimate of his own likelihood of surviving bypass, but based on his age, his risk of dying would be less than 3%. On the other hand, if his lungs are very bad, the risk may be a little higher. This is the sort of question that his surgeon will be able to answer best, since the surgeon will already be familiar with his other medical issues. Sorry that I couldn't give you a more specific answer. I hope your uncle does well!

Answer 5

Quad Bypass

Answer 6

My husband had quintuple bypass surgery last month and from the time I left him until I saw him in ICU, it was 6 hrs (had to wait for "shift change" at ICU). It depends on the type of procedure and how experienced your cardiac surgeon is. He'll be fine, my husband is ready to go back to work after 5 weeks!

Answer 7

EVERYTHING GOING SMOOTH it should take 5 hours 30 mins- 6 hours for the patient to come out of the operating theater.