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Nairobi doctors successfully perform rare heart surgery

The surgical process of a redo sternotomy is associated with a higher risk of complications than an initial sternotomy. [File, Standard]

Doctors at the Mediheal group of hospitals last week managed to successfully perform redo sternotomy, a six to eight-hour-long procedure which may involve repeat chest and heart surgery for patients with heart problems.

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