Patna: A team of doctors at the Institute of Indira Gandhi Medical Sciences (IGIM) managed to remove the tumor with a weight of 17kg from the patient’s left thigh in a large operation conducted two days ago.
After remaining in the ICU during the day, the patient from Muzaffarpur shifted to the ward.
He is now fine and can stand on his feet.
The leader of the surgical team, Dr.
Shashi Pawar from the Department of Surgical Oncology, said it was a very challenging operation since the tumor, medically described as sarcoma, mobilizing high pressure on the arteries, blood vessels and nerves of patients, thus pose risk.
to the normal function of his feet.
Although 57-year-old patients weighed 90 kg before going to the previous operating table had undergone surgery twice in another hospital, the tumor continued to grow aggressively, making him live with pain and irresistible problems in sitting and walking.
The patient finally came to the IGIM where the doctors performed operations with precision to protect the nerves and blood circulation chains were not disturbed.
Congratulations on this operation, Dr.
Manish Mandal, Operator Igims, said it was the first case that succeeded in eliminating a giant-sized tumor from any patient in the hospital.
“The lack of awareness and neglect of primary symptoms causes tumor growth in various parts of the body.
In some cases, it is proven fatal,” said Dr.
Mandal.
Other IGIMS doctors related to this rare operation team are Manish, Vinod Verma, Mumtaz and Vibha.