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 Source: The Hindu , Chennai edition, July 17, 2022, read online A team of doctors at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital (TNGMSSH) treated a 56-year-old woman, who had a tumour in the vestibular cranial nerve, using high dose radiation in a single sitting. C. Sundaresan, associate professor, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, TNGMSSH, said the woman had severe vertigo and was hard of hearing. On evaluation, she was found to have a nine mm tumour in the vestibular cranial nerve close to the brain-stem - a vestibular schwannoma . "This was in the ear apparatus, the part that takes care of balance, Due to the tumour the woman had dizziness and could not walk normally. The tumour was near the internal canal of the ear and it affected the hearing of the patient." he said. Since the tumour was very close to the vital structures of the brain, it was decided at the tumour board meeting to treat the patient with a high-end technique- Stereotactic Radio Surgery (SR...

Source: The Hindu, Chennai edition, June 2022 The patient was suffering from a brachial plexus injury Doctors at Kauvery Hospital here have performed a complex spinal surgery to relive the excruciating pain in the limbs of a 24-year-old man suffering from brachial plexus injury. A release from the hospital said the youngster met with a road accident three years ago, which resulted in an injury to the brachial plexus, a network of nerves responsible for carrying signals from the spinal cord to the shoulders and arms. G. Balamurali , consultant spine and neurosurgeon at the hospital, said when a person suffered damages to the brachial plexus, it would cause extreme pain and weakness of the limbs. “The pain experienced is so severe that some patients want their limbs removed,” he said. Surgical procedures such as nerve transfer, muscle transfer or tendon transfer and management of pain with medications were often not very effective, he said. The doctors at Kauvery Hospital, ther...

Source: The Hindu, Chennai Edition, WEDNESDAY JULY 20, 2022 She suffered a heart attack followed by recurrent episodes of irregular heartbeats Doctors at Kauvery Hospital here performed three successive procedures to save the life of a 55-year-old woman who suffered a cardiac attack and a ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm (life threatening recurrent episodes of irregular heartbeats in a short span of time). Addressing the media here on Tuesday, the doctors said they first performed a coronary angioplasty to place a stent and open the blocked artery that caused the heart attack, followed by a radio frequency (RF) ablation procedure to treat the irregular heart rhythm. The woman subsequently received a percutaneous defibrillator (a kind of pacemaker) implant as a precaution against future episodes of irregular heartbeats. The doctors said Radha Balaji, who worked as a school teacher, had to undergo external defibrillation 14 times within a span of three to four days to control...

Source: The Hindu , Chennai edition,  FRIDAY JULY 22, 2022   A 55-year-old man, who had underdeveloped limbs and was born with a single kidney, underwent an aortic valve replacement surgery at MadrasMedical Mission (MMM) . Doctors decided against Transcatheter Aortic ValveImplantation (TAVI) considering the risks involved due to his multiple co-morbidities and opted for surgical replacement with a tissue valve. The patient has deformities in his left upper and lower limbs due to a condition called phocomelia , where the limbs are underdeveloped. This deformity was the side effect of the drug Thalidomide given for morning sickness during pregnancy in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born with a single kidney and has had episodes of pancreatitis for which stents were placed, a press release said. He was diagnosed with a shriveled aortic valve and was having breathlessness. “We saw him in April this year. He had severe aortic stenosis. Traditionally, an aortic valve replacement s...

Source: THE HINDU , CHENNAI EDITION,  TUESDAY JULY 26, 2022  A 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old man treated at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre A 14-year-old boy diagnosed with a tumour in the trachea and a 53-year-old man with dual cancer underwent robotic surgeries in a private hospital here. In the first case, the boy from Bangladesh presented with acute respiratory distress and was diagnosed with a tumour in the trachea, which is the windpipe. This was blocking the right side of the bronchus. He was operated in his country during which a small portion of the tumour was removed, Rakesh Jalali , medical director and lead, Neuro Oncology, Apollo Proton CancerCentre (APCC) , told reporters on Monday. At APCC, the thoracic cancer management team evaluated him and found a large tumour blocking the bronchus, and it was difficult to operate on, he said. The patient underwent robotic assisted tracheal resection and reconstruction along with mediastinal nodal dissection. There w...