The doctors at SMS hospital saved the life of a man by taking out his stomach, pancreas, spleen and a part of large intestine. This operation went on for 8 hours. It was a risky operation since the patient had cancer. That is why all these parts had to be taken out together. The patient was bleeding daily and two unit blood was transfused in him monthly. Around 70 units blood had been transfused in the past 3 years.
If the parts were not taken out then bleeding wouldn't have stopped and the patient would have died. Brijesh Sharma 54, from Bharatpur, was diagnosed with cancer 3 years back. Slowly the tumor spread to other places. It spread from stomach to pancreas to spleen to large intestine. Dr. Sandeep Jasuja at SMS hospital gave him chemotherapy which helped in reduction of the tumor but bleeding didn't stop. Brijesh kept losing his weight and hemoglobin. He had to transfuse blood each month. The patient was shown by his family members at the gastro department where Dr. Ajay Sharma got a CT scan of the patient and then the operation was decided.
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| SMS Hospital Jaipur |
His stomach was taken out 75% Pancreas was taken out 75% spleen was taken out completely and big intestine was taken out 30 percent.
Why is this operation so important :
- If a single mistake was occurred the patient would have bled and his blood was already very low.
- Taking out 4 important parts together was a challenge.
- The patient had cancer and this would give respite to him from chemotherapy.
- This paved the way for such patients in future.
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