Adding another feather to its cap of successes in providing quality healthcare services, In a first and rare surgery in Odisha, a tumor was removed from the trachea of a patient without using any anesthesia of a 21-year-old youth from Deogarh district using ECMO support at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
According to sources, the rare surgery was performed at the Cardiovascular Surgery department of the premier health institute. The successful surgery was carried out at the Cardiovascular Surgery department of SCM Medical College. As the place of occurrence of the tumor was in the windpipe and it was not possible to administer anesthesia, the surgery was carried out using ECMO support.
As the tumor was found in the windpipe, it was not possible to administer anesthesia. So, the surgery was carried out using ECMO support. More such surgery will be performed in the coming days, said Cardiovascular Surgery department head, Prof Dr Manoj Patnaik.
Notably, there are nine ECMO machines at SCB medical college for treating Covid-19 patients.
