Manglauru: Doctors at Unity hospital save arm of 10-yr-old cancer patient through rare surgery

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March 3, 2015

Mangaluru, Mar 3: A complex and rare surgery was performed at city based Unity Health Complex by Dr Jalaluddin Akbar to save the arm of a 10 year-old-girl who was suffering from cancer of the right arm bone, presented to Mangalore Institute of Oncology.

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It was then planned by the Tumor Board of Mio to perform this complex surgery to child’s arm at Unity Health Complex, which has a well equipped state of art operation theatre and post-operative care.

The procedure was to remove the bone and joint of the right arm and reconstructed by taking one of the bone from leg of the patient. The surgery took 12 hours & was performed successfully for the first time in this region.

Ten years back one would have not even imagined to perform this type of surgery in India. Now the expertise and infrastructure has become available in Mangaluru and. Only a few centers in India such as Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad this surgery can be done even today.

“Instead of removing the arm, we are saving the arm and the life of the child. The only requirement is that the patients should come early to consult the doctor, so we can save the limb and life,” stated a release from the hospital.

The team of doctors who helped Jalaluddin Akbar to perform this complex procedure are Dr Suresh, Dr Imtiyaz, Dr Dinesh Kadam and Dr Mahendra Ullal.

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