Ahmedabad: When Shanti (the name changed) was pushed out of the city hospital operation theater, she felt as if a large weight had lifted it, literally.
During the last 18 years, children aged 56 years from Devgadh Baria had brought a tumor that had grown to weigh 47 kg – only 2 kg less than his current weight.
Adding the abdominal wall network and the advantages of the skin removed by the doctor during the procedure, total removal has a weight of 54 kg.
“We can’t weigh the patient before surgery because he can’t stand upright.
But after surgery, he weighed 49 kg,” said Dr.
Chirag Desai, a surgical gastroenterologist with Apollo Hospitals.
“Removal includes tumors – in our retroomo retroperitoneal Leiomioma – weighs more than the actual weight.
This is rare.” Speaking with Toi, the eldest son of a woman said that she lived with a tumor for the past 18 years.
“Initially, it was not this amount.
It began as a weight gain that cannot be explained in the abdomen.
Thinking this because of the gastric problem, he first took some Ayurvedic and Allopathic drugs.
Then, sonography in 2004 revealed it became a benign tumor,” he said.
In the same year, the family went for surgery.
However, when the doctor saw that the tumor was attached to all internal organs including the lungs, kidneys, intestines, etc.
He considered the operation too risky and sew it.
Over the years, they consulted several doctors, without concrete results.
“The last two years the pandemic was difficult because the tumor was formed to almost double and my mother was sick.
He could not get out of bed.
We then consulted a doctor again for the drug,” said his son.
Dr.
Desai said that the operation was at risk of many things.
“All internal organs are neglected.
Heart, lung, kidney, uterus, etc.
Has been pushed to the side with a tumor that enlarges on the wall of the stomach.
Thus, carry out operations without planning is not possible.
The size of the tumor blocks the CT scan gantry machine.
We have to Bring a technician who replaces the bottom plate so we can get scanning, “he said, adding that because of its size, it could not find the origin of the tumor.
Shanti’s blood pressure was shot because blood vessels were squeezed.
He was given drugs and special care a week before surgery to prevent it from collapsing when blood pressure dropped due to removal.
The team consisting of eight doctors, including four surgeons, is part of the operation that lasts for four hours.
Dr.
Nitin Singhal, a surgeon Onco-surgeon who is part of the team, said that in India, the record for the biggest removal was held to get rid of ovarian tumors with a weight of 54kg from the New Delhi residents.
“This is a normal fibroid in many women in the age of reproduction.
But in rare cases like Him, it grows this big.
Thus, we can say with the belief that the operated with it could be one of the biggest tumors reported in Gujarat and Maybe India from patients live, “he said.
For patients, which comes out on Monday after more than two weeks postoperative care, the biggest comfort returns to normal life.
“I almost forgot how to sleep peacefully or how it works correctly,” he said.