New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- In a landmark clinical milestone, doctors at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurugram successfully performed an exceptionally rare and complex life-saving Hybrid Cardiac Surgery (open bypass surgery combined with minimally invasive endovascular repair) on a 29-year-old man suffering from a ruptured and massively dilated thoracic abdominal aorta (the main artery which carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body) - a condition associated with extremely high mortality.

According to available medical literature, this is the first such surgery reported in South-East Asia.

Patient Saif Alam, a resident of Palamau district in Bihar, arrived at Fortis Gurugram in a critical condition with a ruptured aorta. Hi...