Last Updated on May 7, 2020 at 3:05 pm
JAMMU, May 7: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic fear, doctors at Indraprastha Apollo gave a fresh lease of life to 19-year-old person by performing successful surgery for rare brain tumour.
As per the spokesperson of the hospital, condition of patient Jaivin Sehgal deteriorated after being treated for constipation at various other centres in Delhi.
Later in the week, when he was brought to Indraprastha Apollo he was diagnosed with a neurological abnormality called hypothalamic glioma that is a kind of tumor in brain.
Dr Sudheer Tyagi, Senior Consultant, Neurosurgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, who was leading the surgery, said, “When tumors appear in such critical locations in the brain, it is very important for the surgeon to ensure that the surgery is done with absolute preciseness. In Jaivin’s case, total excision of the tumor was done under a microscope. In this very demanding surgery, we had two tasks at hand, extracting the tumor without causing harm to any other nerves and ensuring that other parts of the brain remain untouched. The surgery was done successfully, and we saw immediate improvement in Jaivin’s condition in two days”.
Patient’s father said “We approached a lot of doctors at various hospitals in the past 7 days but none of the doctors were able to diagnose my son’s condition. I am happy and satisfied that Dr Sudheer, not only diagnosed the complicated condition but adopted the correct line of treatment, my son feels better now, within two days of the surgery”.
As these tumors are usually located at the base of the brain, the surgeries are difficult and life threatening. While the area is exceedingly small, the hypothalamus plays a crucial role in many important functions of the body, including releasing hormones and regulating body temperature. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is among the very few Neuro centres in Delhi NCR that is equipped with expertise of the Microscopic Excision surgery.
