June 09, 2021 A TEAM of cardiac experts made history after they performed a unique life-saving medical procedure on a 72-year-old man at the Perpetual Succour Hospital (PSH) in Cebu City on May 22, 2021.
The team, led by Dr. Jonald Lucero, conducted the first-ever Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (Evar) with Endosuture on a 72-year-old man from Bohol who was suffering from abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The procedure, a milestone for the PSH-Cebu Heart Institute, was the first to be conducted in Visayas and Mindanao.
Lucero told SunStar Cebu that Evar is a minimally invasive procedure compared to the open surgical repair of the abdominal aneurysm.