HYDERABAD: Two complex surgeries were conducted on a 38-year-old patient at the state-run Gandhi Hospital while in another case a private hospital performed a salvage surgery on a 36-year-old engineer’s hand. Both patients were discharged on Saturday.
A 38-year-old patient from Rasoolpura area in the city, Md Ibrahim, had severe pain due to a large lower pole renal tumour. Although these cases are generally taken up for radical nephrectomy (removal of entire kidney), in a complicated procedure doctors at the state-run Gandhi Hospital successfully did a nephron sparing surgery.
“It was a challenging job since the tumor was very big and was extending up to the sinus near hilum. We were sceptical whether partial nephrectomy would be successful in this case and had gone ahead with the surgery to prevent a renal failure,” said Dr M Raja Rao, superintendent, Gandhi Hospital.
In the other case, a complex surgical procedure to salvage the right upper limb of a young engineer, who suffered elbow fractures in a road accident along with vascular injury and compartment syndrome, was performed.
“The accident and associated trauma could have otherwise compelled doctors to amputate the patient to save his life. Initial prognosis of the victim was to amputate the limb, because a paralyzed limb would have caused more trauma in the future. However, on consultation with victim’s family and on their approval, we went in to perform an emergency complex elbow fracture surgery along with addressing vascular repair. The surgery was successful and uneventful, and subsequently it resulted in the victim being able to first move his fingers and then his arm,” said Dr V V Satyanarayana, consultant orthopaedic trauma surgeon, Aware Gleneagles Global Hospital.
