New Delhi, A 33-year-old Australian man, weighing 175 kg and affected by a spine-related ailment, has acquired a brand new lease of life following a high-risk surgery involving the usage of superior robotic expertise at a Delhi hospital, medical doctors at the ability mentioned. The affected person is “tall and overweight”, standing at six foot and three inches, they mentioned Thursday.
He got here to the hospital with complaints of extreme ache in the correct leg and numbness in each ft. Based on his medical historical past, he was “misdiagnosed” in Australia for compressed nerves within the decrease (lumbar) backbone and suggested to endure a lumbar backbone surgery, the C Okay Birla Hospital mentioned in a press release.
However, upon additional analysis, a group of medical doctors led by Dr Ashwani Maichand, director of the division of orthopaedics, identified the affected person with cervical spinal stenosis, which happens when the house contained in the spine is simply too small.
The affected person was really helpful cervical backbone surgery utilizing MIS coupled with superior robotic expertise, the assertion added.
For the surgery, a diamond-tip neurosurgical burr was used to make sure precision and seamless accuracy, it mentioned.
The affected person affected by “cervical backbone stenosis was efficiently handled by way of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) method outfitted with superior robotic expertise,” the assertion added.
The process occurred not too long ago at the hospital. Doctors and the affected person interacted with the media on Thursday.
“It was a high-risk surgery as a result of weight of the affected person which had attainable problems corresponding to paralysis, lack of management over the bowel and bladder, and the shortcoming to stroll or stand,” Maichand mentioned.
There was no want for blood transfusions or a keep within the ICU. The affected person was capable of climb stairs inside two days after the surgery with no complaints of neuro-weakness and numbness within the ft, which is “50 per cent eradicated”, the assertion mentioned.
