In Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, a sutureless live aortic valve obtained from cows was transplanted to a patient in Kastamonu for the first time. On October 10, 2023, the operation was successfully completed.
Metin Kiriş, 67, who resides in Hanönü district of Kastamonu and works as a tradesman, applied to Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital with complaints of chest pain, rapid fatigue and inability to perform daily activities. In the examination and treatment performed here, it was determined that the aortic valve had advanced calcification and stenosis and was not working.
Thereupon, Kastamonu University Faculty of Medicine Cardiovascular Surgery Department Member, Assistant Professor Burak Tamtekin and his team, who are known for their successful surgeries at Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital (KEAH), broke new ground. Tamtekin and his team transplanted a special seamless live aortic valve obtained from cows for the first time in Kastamonu. After the operation, the patient, Metin Kiriş was taken off the respirator after a while and started to walk. It was learned that the patient's health condition was good.
Kastamonu Leads the Way
Kastamonu University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Department Lecturer Assistant Professor Burak Tamtekin said, "Mr. Kiriş, who is a tradesman in our Hanönü district, came to us with complaints of chest pain, rapid fatigue, and inability to perform daily activities. In the examinations we performed, we found that the aortic valve had advanced calcification and stenosis, did not work, and caused these complaints. We implanted a special seamless live aortic valve obtained from cows to our patient, not the metal valve that we wear in our normal routine. This operation was performed for the first time in Kastamonu. This operation is performed in some advanced heart centers in our country. The special feature of this valve is that the operation takes a very short time, the patient does not need to use blood thinners for life, and it is obtained from cows, which is the closest valve to the human valve. Our patient was weaned from the respirator and walked on the evening of the operation."
