Doctors of the Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur gave a new lease of life to a 42-year old man by implanting artificial titanium ribs after removing a tumour, achieving a rare medical feat.
The operation was carried out by the doctors at the Advance Cardiac Institute of the medical college’s Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgery Department.
HOD Dr Krishnakant Sahu said that it is most modern surgery where the damaged ribs were removed and titanium plate was fixed. The person has recovered and is now normal.
The rib recipient had been complaining of pain in lower chest for two months. After primary investigation and scan it was found that the 8th and 9th ribs of left part have a tumour. This was causing the pain. The tumour had also affected the nearby ribs along with diaphragm and the pericardium covering of heart.
During biopsy it was found that it was a kind of highly aggressive tumor ‘Chondrosarcoma of rib’ which is a rare malignant type.
The operation was then conducted which took three hours, wherein the 7th, 8th and 9th ribs were removed along with the tumor affected parts. Pericardium and diaphragm were repaired. The weight of tumour was 900 grams and size was 20x6 cm. As three ribs were removed so to support the chest, 18 cm titanium plate was fixed on 8th rib. Now after eight days, the patient is normal.