Indian doctors successfully cure
'rare' cancer by naturally reconstructing wind pipe
The
oncology team of Artemis hospital has successfully cured a patient suffering
from a rare type of cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea.
An
exceptional and 'one of its kind' surgery was successfully performed at Artemis
Hospital, Gurgaon by a team of doctors, which comprised of Surgical
Oncologists, Otolaryngologist and Anesthesiologists, who naturally
reconstructed the 33-year-old patient, Hamid Taha's wind pipe.
For
the past 2 years Taha could not speak or eat properly, or even, breathe through
his nose due to cancer in the wind pipe, but the doctors eliminated the tumor
by clipping 7.8 cm of his wind pipe and later reconstructed it naturally with
the help of muscle flaps and pericardium.
Discussing
the procedures involved, Dr. Mandeep Singh, Head - Surgical Oncology, said,
"This is a first time incident in India, wherein, such a large length of
the cancerous wind pipe was cut off and reconstruction was intricate because
the usual method of joining the two parts of wind pipe was not an option".
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