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The following article is published in the New Indian Express, Chennai Edition. http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Tribal-teen-with-thick-heart-muscles-undergoes-rare-surgeries/2013/10/17/article1838964.ece Chandran (14) would sit down every time he had breathlessness since his birth. Hailing from a tribal family from Parithipuram, Villupuram district, Chandran came to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital as he was suffering from congenital squatting cyanotic spell, a common cause for Blue Baby Syndrome with breathing, vomiting, headache and giddiness. Through a series of tests like ECG, CT Scan and Cath study, Chandran was diagnosed with multiple rare complications including a double outlet right ventricle with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary cinohessis. In simple terms, the boy had both the pulmonary artery and aorta connected to the right ventricle of the heart, when they should be connected to the left ventricle. This condition, called hypertrophy, left...

The following article is published in the New Indian Express, Chennai edition http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Stomach-turns-food-pipe-for-28-yr-old/2013/10/16/article1837943.ece Kavitha (28), who had a malignant tumor completely obstructing her food pipe, had her first food in two weeks through her stomach that has now been reconstructed into a food pipe. The woman, wife of construction labourer Ravi Shankar from Thiruvottiyur, was suffering from squamous cell carcinoma, a cancer that was recurrent on her leading to breathlessness, pain and inability to consume food or speak. She was admitted to Government Stanley Medical Hospital where doctors removed her voice box and food pipe. They performed a ‘total laryngo pharyngo esophagectomy with stomach pull through’ called Ong’s procedure, where a team of doctors led by Dr Jaswanth reconstructed her full stomach to the shape of a food pipe and connected it with the base of her tongue. Thanks to the Chief Minister’s comprehens...

A new type of surgery done in madras medical mission: Kindly read the full article published in Times of India: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-10/chennai/42899276_1_right-kidney-belly-button-45-year-old-patient Chennai doctors remove cancerous kidney through belly button CHENNAI: A team of doctors from the urology department at the Madras Medical Mission (MMM) has removed a cancerous kidney of a patient through the belly button. Since the patient was anaemic, doctors had to come up with a way to minimise blood loss. The solution was a laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS), which is minimally invasive. While the usual surgical procedure leaves a big scar and takes longer time to heal, LESS decreases pain, blood loss and shortens the recovery period without a scar. The 45-year-old patient from Kerala approached doctors at MMM two weeks ago with signs of renal failure. The patient was put on dialysis and just when he was being prepped for a renal...