Chennai: Kauvery Hospital Chennai, recently treated a 27–year-old man from Bangladesh who was diagnosed with liver cancer with pre-existence of liver Cirrhosis.
In a press release here, Dr Elankumaran, Senior Consultant – Liver Transplantation & HPB Surgery, said, “The tumour was very large in size (15x12cm) and hence transplantation was not suitable as it would lead to recurrence. After thorough investigations and multi-disciplinary discussion, tumour was removed by surgery , leaving behind adequate functional liver.”
In most cases, 60 per cent of liver will be removed in a surgery, whereas in this case 70 per cent was removed owing to the large sized tumour. Now, the patient will be surviving on 30 per cent liver for rest of his life.
“Kauvery Hospital is one of the very few centres in India, which has the expertise and fully equipped infrastructure in performing complex surgeries with utmost care. I congratulate Dr Elankumaran and team for successfully providing the same,” says Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, executive director, Kauvery Hospital.