Coimbation: METTUPALAYAM Government Hospital conducts a complex pancreatic specialization operation called a frey procedure in a 12-year-old girl in December 3.
It’s unusual for the Taluk Hospital to do a big operation, which will cost around Rs 3- 4 lakh at home Private pain.
The girl was diagnosed with pancreatic divisum – the innate anomalous of the pancreatic duct a team consisting of 15 doctors to carry out operations.
Dr.
Anand Bharathan, a specialist in the Pancreatico biliary operation from Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, also joined the team.
The operation lasts for more than 4 hours where the damaged pancreas head is being stretched and the slim defect pancreatic channel is opened.
About 15 stones were taken and the drainage procedure was carried out.
There was no blood loss during the procedure and the child recovered well, the doctor who did the operation said.
“Pancreas is a single organ with one main ductal system.
In this condition, children have pancreas as two different parts and separate drying channels,” Dr.
Vijayagiri said.
The main channel does not develop well with obstruction in the hole and produces poor pancreatic juice drainage to the intestine.
Gradually, the head of the pancreas is damaged, and the channel is filled with stones, a condition called chronic conditional pancreatitis.
Dr.
Kannan said that they could carry out operations at the unusual level of government hospital.
“Such operations are usually carried out at medical college hospitals and large private hospitals that cost around Rs 3-4 lakh.
Here the operation is carried out free of charge under the health insurance scheme of the Minister of Health,” he said.