Rare surgery performed at AIIMS Bhubaneswar to save life of young woman

BHUBANESWAR: A group of 10 doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar took 14 hours to perform a rare surgery for a rare variety of Larynx (voice box) cancer (Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma) to save the life of a young woman.
The 25-year-old from Jagatsinghpur district was suffering from an advanced stage of cancer at the junction of food and windpipe.
It was causing difficulty in breathing and swallowing.
This was resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Due to the disease, the voice, respiration and food intake for the patient was challenging for her.
“The ENT surgeon removed the voice box (Larynx), upper part of the windpipe (Trachea), Pharynx, upper part of food pipe (Esophagus) and part of the thyroid gland. Gastro surgeon dissected the colon and mobilized it into the neck through a tunnel made between the Sternum (breastbone) and the heart connecting the base of tongue with the stomach, making a new food channel,” read the statement of the national institute.
After two months of surgery, the patient is doing well with normal breathing and food intake, said the AIIMS Bhubaneswar statement.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas congratulated the team of doctors for this life saving surgery.