Tuesday, December 7, 2010

"SEPARATION SURGERY OF SITA-GITA" TODAY AT BATRA HOSPITAL


MUCH AWAITED "SEPARATION SURGERY OF SITA-GITA" STARTS TODAY AT
BATRA HOSPITAL


15 HRS MARATHON SURGERY BY A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO GIVE POSITIVE RESULTS BY MID-NIGHT OF 5TH APRIL, POST OPERATIVE STABILIZATION TO TAKE ANOTHER 24 HRS

Press Conference to share the final outcome on 07/04/10 @ 12.00 Noon At Batra Hospital, Delhi

The conjoint twins, baby Gita & Sita, just 18 months old, who were born with congenital structural abnormalities of being joint in the waist - hip & legs, with a common genito urinary & intestinal system, were started being operated today at Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, said Dr. Sanjeev Bagai - C.E.O. & Sr. Consultant Paediatrician.


A multi-disciplinary approach with the lead paediatric surgeon of Dr. Arvind Sabharwal, plastic surgeon - Dr. Rohit Nayyar, Urologist - Dr.P.P. Singh, Orthopaedic surgeon -Dr. Tucker & the anasthetic & critical care team of Dr. Pawan Gurha. The total strength of the surgical, paediatric & anasthetic team comprises of 28 doctors & highly trained nursing staff. Dr. Gurha explained that the anasthesia control needs minute monitoring in these complex surgeries. Dr. Sabharwal would coordinate the intra operative surgical team. Two surgical theatres would functions simultaneouly and the surgery which has started today, 05/04/2010 at 7:00AM in the morning would probably last for 15 hours approximately. Dr. Nayyar & Dr. P.P. Singh explained the complexicty of the surgical disection in the small conjoint twins sharing a common intestinal and urinary passage.


Conjoint twins are extremely rare and very few reach the stage of surgeries for correction. The long term success in many international centres is less than 50%. The comprehensive medical team of Batra Hospital after detailed and very sophisticated pre-operative tests are confident of giving the good life to these children post operatively.
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre has the latest the world class infrastructure and medical teams to operate on these complex multi-systemic disorders, explained Dr. Sanjeev Bagai. The post operative follow up would be of few weeks with critical care and intenstivist working around the clock. A detailed press conference would be held in Batra Hospital Auditorium on Wednesday 1:00PM, in which all details would be shared.


For more information; contact
Mehak : +91 9310087613 mehak@viamediahealth.net
Beenum : +91 9310087609 beenum@viamediahealth.net

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