All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_Bhubaneswar removes 7-kg tumor

Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar successfully removed a massive 7-kg plexiform neurofibroma from the arm of a 47-year-old woman from Baripada, India — Odisha>>>. The patient had suffered from this debilitating condition for nearly three decades, which severely impaired her mobility and daily activities. The highly vascular tumor, measuring about 45 cm, posed significant surgical challenges due to the high risk of bleeding. The medical team, led by surgeons including Sanjay Kumar Jha>>>, Syama Sundar Behera>>>, Shirshanya Bandyopadhyay>>>, Surya Yashaswi PVS>>>, Keerthi G>>>, Nikhil Kumar Sharma>>>, and Asutosh Adhikari>>>, with anaesthetic support from Devishree Das>>> and Pooja Gor>>>, adopted a two-stage surgical approach. The first stage involved removing the forearm component in a six-hour procedure, followed by the excision of the hand component in a three-hour surgery after a six-month interval. Advanced vessel-sealing technology, LigaSure, was used to minimize blood loss, and skin grafts from the excised tissue itself were used for reconstruction, avoiding additional donor-site wounds. Ashutosh Biswas>>>, Executive Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, praised the team for this remarkable achievement, stating it gave the patient a new lease of life.