A 60-year-old gas-victim woman, who had been enduring increasing problems due to a growing lump and heaviness in her stomach for three years, has finally found relief at BMHRC (Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre). The doctors at the hospital have given a new lease of life to this woman by performing an extremely complex and high-risk operation. In fact, as per the official information, the weight of the tumor developed in the stomach of this woman, who was suffering from ovarian cancer, had reached about 12 kg. This tumor had spread from the ovary and was completely adhered to the patient’s large intestine, urinary tract, and major blood vessels of the stomach, posing a serious threat to the woman’s life. A team of doctors from the Surgical Oncology Department succeeded in safely removing this huge tumor after a five-hour surgery. Following continuous improvement in the woman’s condition post-operation, she has been discharged from the hospital. According to doctors, the woman’s illness could not be detected during the first two years, but later, when a CT scan was conducted due to an increase in stomach size and discomfort, this large lump was revealed.

 

On speaking with Assistant Professor Dr Sonveer Gautam from the Surgical Oncology Department, who was part of the team that executed this surgery of the female patient, he shares that performing an operation on this type of cancer is fraught with risk because the patient already had hernia and diabetes. Along with this, because the cancer lump was adhered to the large intestine, urinary tract, and other veins, even a minor mistake would start continuous bleeding, which is extremely dangerous for life. Due to affected blood flow in some parts of the tumor, an infection and pus formation had started, which could have been fatal if not treated on time, said Doctor Sonveer. The team that executed this surgery included Assistant Professor Dr Sonveer Gautam from the Surgical Oncology Department, Associate Professor Dr Sandhya Ivne from the Anaesthesiology Department and other members from the Hospital. In the same department, another complex surgery was also successfully performed on another 60-year-old man suffering from pancreatic cancer, whose cancer had reached a critical blood vessel called the portal vein. However, now the patient has been discharged from the hospital. Commenting on this type of complex surgery, the Director-in-Charge of the institute, Dr Manisha Shrivastava, said that BMHRC’s specialist doctors possess an expertise, because of which patients in the region do not have to depend on metropolitan cities for treatment.