Truncus Arterious Cost in India

The cost of truncus arteriosus repair in India typically ranges from $1,500 to $7,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

Truncus arteriosus is a heart condition present from birth. Only one large blood vessel leaves the heart instead of two, and there is a hole between the lower chambers. Repair is open-heart surgery in the first weeks of life. The cost usually depends on:

• Newborn intensive care: before and after surgery.
• Conduit: a tube with a valve placed during surgery.
• Hospital stay: often several weeks.
• Future operations: the conduit needs replacing as the child grows.

Truncus arteriosus repair is complex newborn heart surgery, and later conduit replacements are separate. Ask what the quote covers.

Children's Health (Dallas) explains that with a single vessel and a ventricular septal defect, the heart pumps inefficiently and too much blood goes to the lungs.

It is often diagnosed within hours or days of birth, and sometimes before birth. Babies may need intensive care, high-calorie feeds and medicines before surgery.

According to Children's Health, the operation takes about five to six hours on a heart-lung bypass machine. The surgeon:

• Separates the lung arteries: from the single vessel.
• Places a conduit: a tube with a valve connecting the right ventricle to the lung arteries.
• Closes the hole: between the lower chambers.

Children's Health reports a typical hospital stay of three to five weeks, including one to two weeks in cardiac intensive care.

The conduit does not grow with the child, so it must be replaced, sometimes more than once. Replacement may be surgical or by catheter. Regular heart follow-up continues long term.