- Patient was suffering from tongue cancer as well as serious heart ailment
Bhopal: A 52-year-old cancer patient suffering from the risk of heart attack has undergone a successful surgery at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center (BMHRC). The patient had tongue cancer which had spread a lot. After the surgery, the risk of the patient getting cancer again has also reduced considerably.
Assistant Professor in the Surgical Oncology Department of BMHRC, Dr. Sonveer Gautam said that this patient, a resident of Sagar, came to know 3 months ago that he was suffering from tongue cancer. Surgery was necessary, but due to low ejection fraction of the heart, doing so was very risky. The patient could have had a heart attack during the operation and could have died. For this reason, many hospitals refused to perform the surgery, but we, along with Dr. Kanika Suhas, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at BMHRC and other doctors, successfully performed the surgery on the patient.
He said that during the surgery, both types of lumps in the neck were also removed, which greatly reduced the chances of the patient getting cancer in the future. The patient’s condition has now improved a lot and he has been discharged from the hospital.
What is ejection fraction?
Dr. Kanika Suhag, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at BMHRC, said that ejection fraction shows how much percentage of blood is being pumped from the heart into the body with every beat. It indicates the efficiency of the heart. The normal ejection fraction is 50-70%. The operation of patients with ejection fraction less than this is risky, because during surgery the pumping capacity of the heart and blood flow decreases, which can cause them heart attack or other complications.
Dr Manisha Srivastava, Director-in-Charge, BMHRC said that this surgery is the result of excellent coordination and efficiency of our team. The surgery was extremely risky due to the low ejection fraction of the patient, but the departments of Surgical Oncology and Anesthesiology together successfully completed this challenge. We are proud that the patient is now healthy and the chances of recurrence of cancer have also reduced. BMHRC is committed to providing the best medical services to gas victims and other patients.
