Mangaluru: Kanachur Hospital performs rare surgery on boy to remove facial tumour
Mangaluru(Press Release): Kanachur Hospital and Research Centre here has successfully removed a face tumour measuring 14x18 sq in, through a rare surgery.
The surgery was performed on a 17-year-old boy from Koppa, Chikkamagaluru, who was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma.
Dr Ravi Varma K, consultant oncological surgeon of the hospital, said it is one of the rarest tumours seen in children and is usually treated using chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This type of chronic disease is seen in one in a million cases, and is less than 1% in India.
“The boy was diagnosed to have a rare cancer of the left maxilla, known as rhabdomyosarcoma, in 2017. Covid-19 hampered the treatment options for the child and his family. After various check-ups and hospital visits, the boy’s parents heard about the oncology set-up of Kanachur Hospital. This tumour didn’t respond to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and had to be operated upon, as the child was not able to drink, and was having difficulty in breathing,” Dr Varma said.
The boy was operated upon on February 22, under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (AB-ARK) scheme without any complication, and was discharged on the 18th day. Since this tumour was radiation and chemotherapy resistant, cryotherapy (liquid nitrogen) had to be used intra-operatively to reduce its recurrence.
“The boy is now breathing normally, and can chew soft meals, and is happy. The boy’s smile says it all,’’ he said.
Post-surgery, the child was fed using a naso-gastric tube, and successive follow-ups happened.
To encourage his food intake, a reconstructive surgery on the face was also performed, using a prosthesis under Dr Padmaraj Hegde, Dr Chetan and Dr Ravi Varma with the anaesthetist team of Dr Vincent Mathias and Dr Sambhram. This was funded entirely by the management of Kanachur Hospital and Research Centre, he said, adding that the case was initially discussed by the tumour board team of Kanachur Hospital, headed by him, Dr Guruprasad and Dr Najeeb, before performing the surgery.
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Yadgir: Dead bodies of boys who went grazing found in village stream
Yadgir: In a shocking incident reported from Devathkal village of Surapur taluk, two boys, Shreyanna (8) and Yuvaraja (9), who were grazing cattle, died of drowning on Sunday afternoon as they went for a bath in a stream nearby.
The boys had reportedly gone missing in the waters of the stream on Sunday afternoon. The family members found the boys’ clothes on the banks of the stream but, as their search for the boys proved futile, they brought the matter to the notice of the police and fire brigade.
The police team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Javed Inamdar and Inspector Anand Wagmode, along with the staff members of the fire brigade, searched for the missing boys on Sunday night, but failed to find the boys. The search was resumed on Monday morning and, at around 9 am on Monday, the bodies of both boys were found in the stream, sources have said.
A case has been filed by the Surapur Police and investigation is underway.
