Doctors in Delhi successfully performed multiple surgeries on a pregnant woman — flown all the way from Abu Dhabi, UAE — sufferng with a tumour simultaneously, saving the life of the baby.
The 34-year-old patient with around seven months’ pregnancy had consulted a Neurologist in llH Hospital, a unit of VPS Healthcare at Musaffah — Abu Dhabi.
On the basis of investigations and Brain MRI, she was diagnosed with pituitary adenoma with bleeding in the tumor and was advised to undergo a surgery.
Owing to her seven months’ pregnancy the doctors sensed the complications and referred her to VPS Rockland Hospital, New Delhi, India for further treatment.
“An expert team of surgeons at the hospital handled this challenging case by adopting procedures of sublabialtrans sphenoidal pituitary tumor decompression, leading to removal of tumor through nose…” said the Neuro Surgeon, Dr Pawan Garg.
“During the surgery, the group of gynecologist and pediatrician also performed an emergency caesarian section to save the child. The multidisciplinary approach and the well-coordinated teamwork resulted in saving life of the mother and her child.”
The patient was admitted to the hospital with impaired vision and digitalisation allowed the transfer of medical records and cross consultation in advance with referring Consultant Neurologist, DrVinod Thampi at llH Hospital Abu Dhabi.
