Mangaluru: The main resection of the right chest with lung parts, and reconstruction for recurrent chest wall tumors is carried out in a 33-year-old patient suffering from default disability, Mafucci syndrome, in the Yenepoya medical college hospital.
Dr.
Jalaluddin Akbar, head of the department of the surgical oncology, said the woman from Kerala suffered disabilities which caused the deformity of the spine and bone tumors and vascular lesions.
“The patient has undergone six operations in Coimbatore, and he developed cancer in June 2019, where two operations were carried out.
He was treated for cancer in various hospitals in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
When the tumor relapsed, the hospital did not want to treat further .
The hospital sent it again, because it requires a big challenging operation, where the right side of the chest along with the right part of the lung must be removed and reconstructed, which can cause the death of the patient, “said Dr.
Akbar.
In the operation, he said, “We are looking for information about previous studies that can be followed to care for the woman.
However, we cannot find any case.
Therefore, our hospital tumor council conducted a discussion and decided to remove the tumor and part of the lungs -Paru right.
Taking this case is not an easy decision, because cancer involves the right chest and lung parts, and previously treated with surgery and radiation.
After a comprehensive evaluation, it was made to undergo complete tumor removal, which weighed around 2.5kg , along with nine ribs and part of the right lungs, around 15%, and then reconstruction of the chest wall as done by mesh plate and titanium, in the place of ribs, on August 31.
The operation lasts for more than 13 hours.
He is now Can do routine activities everyday and are being dismissed, “he added.
The team of doctors who perform operations including surgical oncologists Dr.
Rohan Shetty, Dr.
Amar Rao, Dr.