There are millions of people who died for coronary heart diseases. The symptom of coronary heart disease can be control and the risk of further complications can be reduced through treatment, although it is not curable. If you have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease or angina, your doctor might suggest a bypass operation to help improve the blood supply to your heart muscle. The benefits of a bypass surgery are to ease the symptoms and improve one’s quality of life.

Each individual patient responds to the surgery differently. Whether the patient undergoes a coronary artery bypass for clogged arteries or a valve repair/replacement for a narrow or leaky valve, the patient’s recovery is to some extent different as well.

A set of instruction is given to a patient, before leaving the hospital following heart surgery, for self-care during the first phase of recovery which lasts about six to eight weeks. All the patient’s postoperative requirements are met by the nursing hospital staff during the first week after the surgery. When you arrive home, there will be only you and your caregiver. Healing should be the first thing you need to think. If you will be irresponsible in caring for yourself, there is no one that you will expect to shoulder the responsibility for you.

Self-care is considered to be an essential part of life and it is also about being responsible for your own health and well-being with the support of those involves in your care. Self-care includes actions you take for yourself every day in order to stay fit and maintain good physical and mental health, prevent illness or accidents, and care more effectively for minor ailments and long-term conditions.

Anyhow, people began to choose a minimally invasive surgery, known as robotic surgery, to treat illnesses. However, the manufacturer of the device that is used in robotic surgery has received complaints saying they neglected informing patients and doctors alike of the potentially harmful complications brought about their product. Health experts questioned the expensive price of undergoing robotic surgery. The FDA has recommended patients that before deciding to undergo a robotic surgery, they need to talk to their respective doctors in order to determine if da Vinci is the best surgical procedure for them.

References:
webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-recovering-after-heart-surgery?page=2
bhf.org.uk/heart-health/treatment/coronary-bypass-surgery.aspx
simplehand.org/heart-surgery/recovering-from-open-heart-surgery.html
nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-heart-disease/Pages/Recovery.aspx