Nigeria performs 1st minimally invasive heart surgery
Nigeria’s first-ever minimally invasive open heart surgeries has been carried out by a private hospital in Lagos. The operations were coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) – Off-Pump, and Mitral valve replacement. Both were done without big cuts on the chests of the patients. The success of the surgeries by Tristate Healthcare Systems in Lekki put Nigeria on the list of the few …