New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Doctors at a private hospital in south Delhi have performed a seven-hour surgery on a 38-year-old Kenyan man diagnosed with a rare lung cancer, removing the tumour while preserving the lower lobe of his left lung and avoiding the removal of the entire organ.
The patient, Mohammed Yunis Guliye, was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare type of cancer that typically originates in glandular tissues. The tumour was located deep within the upper lobe of his left lung and had affected the main airway and a major blood vessel supplying the lung, according to the hospital.
Guliye had been experiencing persistent pain on the left side of his chest, along with occasional episodes of coughing up blood. Despite consulting multiple doctors in Kenya, the exact nature of the tumour could not be established due to its location.
He subsequently approached Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in Saket for further evaluation and treatment.
Doctors said conventional surgery in such cases could have required the removal of the entire left lung, significantly reducing the patient’s lung capacity.
To preserve the healthy lung tissue, the surgical team opted for a specialised procedure known as a double-sleeve left upper lobectomy.
The procedure was performed by a team led by Dr Kamran Ali, associate director of thoracic surgery and lung transplant at the hospital.
During the surgery, the affected upper lobe was removed along with the involved portions of the airway and blood vessels. The two structures were then reconstructed to restore the passage of air and blood to the remaining lower lobe of the left lung.
“The key challenge was to remove the tumour completely while preserving as much healthy, functioning lung tissue as possible,” Ali said.
He said the procedure involved precise reconstruction of both the airway and a major blood vessel, allowing doctors to preserve the lower lobe and avoid removing the entire lung.
The surgery lasted approximately seven hours, and the patient was discharged within five days, the hospital said.
Ali said a double-sleeve lobectomy can offer an alternative to removing the entire lung in appropriately selected patients with tumours involving critical structures.
The approach aims to achieve complete tumour removal while preserving lung function, he added. PTI SGV MDO
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