Cardio Vascular and thoracic department Dr Anil Sharma

Cancer’s growth in heart was taken out without invasive surgery

At SMS hospital’s Cardio Vascular and thoracic department, Dr Anil Sharma and his team operated on left side of a woman ‘s heart on a cancerous growth without cutting the chest bone. They took tissue from patient’s heart and closed the hole. This will help the women in heaps as she wont have to take medicine for life and wont have the fear of clotting. 

Cardio Vascular and thoracic department Dr Anil Sharma

This new technique is being praised by surgeons world wide. Dr. Sharma has said that this is one of the first cases in the world of its kind and it would be sent to CT surgery’s international publication.

Prabha Devi, 42 was suffering from breathlessness and stomach problems since six months. She hails from Kota. In tests it was found that the patients had an 80 grams of tumor in left side of heart and the heart’s weight was 250 grams. So she had to lie straight while breathing. If the tumor was not taken out on time it could cause paralysis and death in the patient.

Rare case - Dr. Shyam Singh from PGI Chandigarh says that closing the hole by taking out tissue from heart itself and taking out tumor without cutting the chest bone is a rare case in itself. Even artificial cloth dekron was also not used in this. In the future tumors of the heart will be operated through this method. 

Dr. Mahesh Ramchandani Linox Hill hospital, Dr. Reddy of America, Dr. Vijay Dixit Chief Cardiac Surgeon Apollo Hyderabad, Dr. Ganesh Mani Chief Cardic Apollo Delhi has also established this case as rarest of rare.