Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Mar 10: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Narayana Super Speciality Hospital at Jammu performed one of the rarest Gastro Intestinal surgery on a 32-year old man to remove a tumor and gave him a new lease of life.
Gurvinder was diagnosed with a rare neuroendocrine tumor, which is one of the rarest form with an incidence of 0.5% of all tumors.He had to undergo a very complicated procedure.
The patient was initially told that he requires chemotherapy. But he decided to get a second opinion at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Super Speciality Hospital. The patient consulted Dr Rajeev Saini, Senior Consultant Medical Oncology.
Dr Saini evaluated the patient and ordered for some tests including a PET scan, after which he concluded that the patient needed a surgery rather than chemotherapy as the tumor was localized to the small intestine, the 2nd part of Duodenum. The patient was then referred to Dr Abhinav Choudhary, Consultant Surgical Oncology.
Explaining the procedure, Dr Abhinav Choudhary said that the procedure they were planning was known as Whipples procedure and carried high risk of morbidity and mortality in the best of centers. It’s a procedure involving resection of multiple organs followed by multiple anastomoses.
Dr Abhinav Choudhary decided that two teams will perform the surgery to minimize fatigue and prevent any compromise in the quality of the surgery. Accordingly, Gastro Intestinal Surgery team led by Dr SuhailKhuroo and Dr AjazWani joined for the procedure. They were ably assisted by Dr Vikas Heer, Consultant Surgical Oncology.
The patient tolerated the surgery well and so his recovery was smooth. He started taking food by the seventh post operative day and was discharged on the 10th day of the surgery.
It is yet another example of successful multidisciplinary approach at Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana hospital.
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