The king is operated on today - queued up like everyone else
Life Medic: it makes no difference if you are king.
By: Olle Bengtsson/TT
Published: Today 05.30
Updated: Less than 2 hours ago
Today the king lies down on the operating table.
During the heart surgery is the royal family's life medic Viveka Frykman Kull.
The king has not received any cream for the operation.
- It makes no difference if you are king, but it is the medical needs that decide, says Frykman Kull.
According to the court, there is nothing wrong with the king's general health. Monday's planned peephole operation will take place in one of Stockholm's hospitals, but the time and place are being kept secret.
- The king will perform an operation using catheter technology, says Viveka Frykman Kull.
She does not want to give a closer description than that it is about the heart area, with reference to patient confidentiality. As a result of the operation, the King has postponed his engagements between 20 February and 3 March.
- He has been recommended for a couple of weeks to rest and take it easy, so we hope he will be back soon, says Viveka Frykman Kull.
After the operation, the king takes a break from his jubilee trip through all of Sweden's counties to celebrate 50 years on the throne.
Archive image. 1 of 2 Photo: Mikael Fritzon/TT
The King's approval
Viveka Frykman Kull is a senior physician and works on a day-to-day basis, among other things, as specialist medical manager at Danderyd hospital's heart clinic. The operation takes place on her advice, but with the king's approval.
- Of course, as with all types of treatment, it takes place in consultation with the patient. It goes without saying, says Viveka Frykman Kull.
TT: Has the king been in the care queue?
- Yes, it makes no difference if you are king, but it is the medical needs that determine how long you wait.
This summer, Viveka Frykman Kull became Sweden's first female primary care physician. She shares the role together with docent and senior physician Lars Wennberg, who is responsible for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Viveka Frykman Kull takes care of the rest of the royal family.
- I am the contact in the healthcare system and make sure they get the help they need. You are simply a sounding board, she says.
Gentle for the patient
Today, there are a variety of interventions that can be performed using catheters and peephole technology, according to Lars Rydén, senior professor of cardiology at the Karolinska Institute.
- With catheter technology, narrowings in the coronary arteries of the heart can be widened, heart rhythm disorders can be cured and even heart valves can now be replaced, he says.
No matter what type of peephole procedure the king is to undergo, the advantages are many compared to open surgery.
- They are much gentler for the patient. Shorter treatment times, shorter rehabilitation times and good results, he says.
- If you open the chest and connect a heart-lung machine to perform open heart surgery, the recovery time is quite long.
Requires university hospital
Catheter technology involves inserting narrow tubes into a pulse, either through the groin or the wrist. Even though it concerns the area around the heart, it does not even have to mean that the patient is put to sleep during the operation.
- It can sometimes be enough with local anesthesia at the injection sites and injection of some sedative. Then the patient is awake, but a little groggy, says Lars Rydén.
The procedures are performed by cardiologists together with surgeons and require access to a range of different skills and expensive special equipment. Therefore, according to Lars Rydén, they always take place at one of the country's university hospitals.
- A famous American electrophysiologist I know said this: "Everything surgeons can do with the knife, I will work to do with catheters".
- It is not quite true, but it is almost becoming so. There is an awful lot that used to require major operative interventions that are done today with catheters and peephole surgery, and this does not only apply to the chest.
Facts
Royal Physician State
The State of Physicians is responsible for the medical care of the royal family and is part of the Royal Court States which are classified under the Office of the Marshal.
The role of first life medic traditionally goes to a cardiologist. The position is given on recommendation and is an unpaid honorary assignment.
Today, Läkarstaten consists of two first life medics, senior physician docent Lars Wennberg and senior physician Viveka Frykman-Kull, as well as three life medics.
The staff also includes a hoof dentist.
Source: The Royal Hous
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