heart surgery?

Question

is it normal for a stent to collapse in 45 days of being put in or was the surgery a mess up? I awoke during the surgery because of a huge pain i had felt in my hip area. and pulled my self up on the bed felling the tools being pulled down from my chest. it was very painfull and afterwords i barely could walk. The hospital made me walk out on my own . It was nearly imposible. I fell that if the stent was done correctly this should have never happened.

Answer 1

I'm not a doctor, but my experience is based talking with doctors during several heart surgeries my father had - so, this may not be accurate.

Based on the way stents are installed, it seems unlikely that waking up during surgery would have had any effect on the functioning of the stent. The stent is pushed into place before its expanded, and up until that point, it can be repositioned. Stents often fail by getting clogged up, but I don't think a collapsed stent is a common occurrence (although I don't really know?). Stent failure by build-up of deposits is widely reported in the news. My father's stent did not remain clear, and after few months it had to be cleaned out, and then about three years later, the stent had to be cleared again. After after a few more years passed, the stent clogged completely, and he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Waking during surgery seems like it is something that might have made the recovery a little more difficult. The standard procedure where my father was treated was to keep patients in the hospital overnight following the surgery, so apparently, not all hospitals think that patients should walk out on their own shortly after surgery. Its hard to say why you had difficulty walking out of the hospital, but they may have released you without enough time to recover from the trauma or effects of the anesthesia.

Answer 2

Stents can clog up. It happens. Stents are great when they work. They are preferred because they are less invasive then open heart surgery.

I've had three different heart catherizations and the first one was so painful I thought I was going to die on the table. I ended up with a bruise that went from my groin down to my knee. I was not put to sleep. The next two heart caths I had were done by a different Dr, stayed awake for both and I never felt a thing. No bruises. I had asked the second Dr why his didn't hurt and explained to him what happened the first time. He told me they should *never* hurt. I believe him after having the last two.

If you are wondering if you got adequate care than change Dr's. You need to have complete confidence in your Dr when it comes to this kind of stuff.