Bhubaneswar: Rare brain surgery conducted at SUM Hospital

BHUBANESWAR: Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, have recently conducted an extremely complicated case of Brainstem Cavernoma and Myoclonic Epilepsy.
The patient, Anil Mahanandia (28) from Jharsuguda, was suffering from the serious illness for the last 22 years. After the surgery, he was discharged from the hospital on Friday. The hospital claimed that the surgery is one of its kind in India.
“This is a rare disease and we have conducted this rare surgery on the patient successfully. If the surgery was not done, it could have led to brain haemorrhage,” said Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, vice-chancellor of SOA and noted neurosurgeon.
He said the patient was experiencing frequent hiccups and trembling besides abnormal body movements affecting his face, tongue, abdomen and thigh with the frequency of more than 30 per minute. He was unable to eat, sleep or stand. He could not get any relief after being treated in several hospitals within the state and outside, said the vice-chancellor.
“After he came to SUM Hospital, senior neurologist Surjyaprakash S Choudhury found that the patient was suffering from Myoclonic Epilepsy. Further investigation revealed that Mahanandia had a tumour deep inside the brain (Brainstem Cavernoma) which was a rare condition and it required surgery which was too complicated and risky. However, a team led by neurosurgeon Atmaranjan Das conducted the seven-hour long surgery on November 26 to remove the tumour,” he said.
According to research publications, Das said, this surgery was the seventh such case in the world and first in India. Surgery was not attempted anywhere in the country for addressing such cases before, he added.
A day after surgery, Das said, the patient was absolutely free from hiccups and was able to walk. “He got a new lease of life. In fact, he walked out of the hospital when discharged,” he added.
The expensive surgery was conducted free of any cost as the patient was covered under the state government’s Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana scheme.
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