Laparoscopy Surgery For Cancer Performed
A laparoscopy surgery for cancer in the food pipe that was performed at Gem Hospital here was shown live at an international workshop at Dundee in the United Kingdom recently. Hospital Director C. Palanivelu said in a release that the thoraco laparoscopic esophagectomy surgery on a 50-year-old man from Kerala was seen by surgeons participating in the International Live Laparoscopic Surgery Meeting in the U.K. A videoconference was also held between the participants and Dr. Palanivelu.
The surgeon explained in release that the open surgery method to treat food pipe cancer involved the risk of high mortality, heavy blood loss and the patient took a long time to recover. Laparoscopy eliminated post-operative complications. In the procedure shown live to the meeting in the U.K, the cancer-affected portion of the food pipe was removed through a three small holes of five millimetre each, the release said.
