Cardiac penetrating wound suturing is an emergency surgical method to urgently repair the heart breach of a patient with cardiac penetrating trauma to save the patient’s life.
Cardiac penetrating injuries are usually caused by a sharp object stabbing the heart, or a gunshot or shrapnel hitting the heart, with a huge amount of bleeding, which is serious and life-threatening, and the first aid method is to carry out cardiac penetrating injury suturing while transfusing blood, fluids, and resuscitating shock.
The general procedure is to incise the pericardium under general anesthesia to relieve cardiac tamponade, control bleeding, replenish blood volume, and repair the cardiac laceration after the situation is stabilized.
After the surgery, do not be too nervous, relax physically and mentally, pay attention to light diet, moderate water intake, postoperative activities to increase attention to gradual and orderly, within six months to avoid excessive physical labor, etc., specific to the doctor’s advice shall prevail.