Bentall procedure Cost in Bangalore, India

The Bentall procedure replaces the aortic valve, the aortic root and the first part of the aorta with a composite graft that contains a valve, then reattaches the coronary arteries.

It is used for an enlarged aortic root with a damaged aortic valve, root dissection, bicuspid valve disease with an enlarged aorta and connective-tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome.

The Marfan Foundation notes that good results depend on operating before a dissection occurs.

When the aortic valve itself is healthy, a valve-sparing root replacement may keep it and avoid the trade-offs of an artificial valve. The Marfan Foundation describes valve-sparing re-implantation as the standard valve-sparing approach for connective-tissue disorders.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust notes that a mechanical valve needs lifelong warfarin.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals suggests about 10 to 14 days after chest surgery; after emergency surgery for a dissection, recovery and clearance usually take longer.

The cost of the Bentall procedure in Bangalore typically ranges from $1,700 to $6,350 USD (about ₹1.61 lakh to ₹6.02 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your surgery is planned, you recover without problems and you stay in a shared room, your bill is likely to be closer to $1,700 (about ₹1.61 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $6,350 (about ₹6.02 lakh) if your operation is more complex or a repeat operation, you need longer in intensive care, special valves or grafts are used, or you choose a private room.

When comparing Bangalore packages for the Bentall procedure, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Intensive care days
• Valves, grafts or devices
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Bangalore hospitals usually put together an estimate for the Bentall procedure from these elements:

• Pre-operative work-up: angiogram, echo, blood tests and anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and perfusion team: operating time and heart-lung machine charges.
• Surgeon and team grade: consultant fees vary by hospital and seniority.
• Valve in the graft: mechanical or tissue.
• Planned or emergency surgery: such as after a dissection.
• Intensive care and stay: often about 10 days or more.
• Imaging: CT angiogram and echocardiogram.

Ask the Bangalore hospital for an itemised quote that shows the device or implant brand, intensive care days and room category.

Bengaluru's private hospitals include a number of cardiac centres with cardiothoracic theatres, perfusion teams and cardiac intensive care, which lets overseas patients request written estimates from more than one centre before travelling.

Accreditation by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), part of the Quality Council of India, is India's main hospital quality standard, and the NABH website shows whether a Bangalore hospital's accreditation is current.

Some Bengaluru hospitals also hold Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, an international standard, and JCI's public directory lets you confirm a hospital's status before you book.

If the hospital has an international patient desk, ask it about the hospital letter for your e-Medical visa, airport transfers, interpreters and accommodation close to the hospital.