About Us Portfolio Press Careers Sitemap Advertise Contact Us Make this your Homepage

Custom Search

Register

Sign In

Sign In Using Facebook

Home » Hospital News

Ten Back-To-Back Surgeries on One Patient

by Rathi Manohar on September 01, 2010 at 6:45 PM Hospital News

Ten back-to-back surgeries were carried out by three surgeons at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore on a bed-ridden, fifty-nine year old woman who had been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

Ten Back-To-Back Surgeries on One Patient

Related Links

The doctors attributed the success of the series of operations conduced upon patient Nagamma to the well-knit schedule.

"It wasn't too difficult actually, and I think a part of it is luck, a part of it is God. I am a very ordinary surgeon, but we planned it very well. Normally hip replacement takes about two hours; two and a half hours and we managed to do it so smoothly," said R D Chakrabarty, who heads the Orthopaedic Department at the Manipal Hospital

"By 45 minutes we finished one hip, by 45 minutes we finished the other hip and everything smoothly flowed and that is the reason we were able to do it," he added.

Chakrabarty further said it was for the first time in medical history that ten back-to-back surgeries were performed on a patient.

"She only lost 800 ml of blood, so with all these ten operations, out of which four were joint replacement operations, we replaced both the hip joints, we replaced both the knee joints and we had to transfuse only two units of blood, which is astounding," said Chakrabarty.

Page 1

Page 1 | 2

Next

Ludhiana Hit By Gastroenteritis Outbreak

Bladder Cancer Risk Decreases With Selenium

Comment & Contribute

Be the first to comment!
Comments should be on the topic and should not be abusive. Comments are normally moderated and are reviewed after they are posted.
* Your comment can be maximum of 2500 characters
	Notify me when reply is posted I agree to the terms and conditions
Your comments are automatically posted once they are submitted. All comments are however constantly reviewed for spam and irrelevant material (such as product or personal advertisements, email addresses, telephone numbers and website address). Such insertions do not conform to our policy and 'Terms of Use' and are either deleted or edited and republished. Please keep your comments brief and relevant.This section may also have questions seeking help. If you have the information you are welcome to respond, but please ensure that the information so provided is genuine and not misleading.

Medwonders Health Network

Support Groups Members Discussions

Total Members - 54848
Support Groups - 445

Health News Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Latest News Most Popular Most Commented

C-Sections may be Harmful for Premature Babies

Breast Cancer and Pregnancy: New Research

European Psychologists Voice Concerns Over New DSM Criteria

Bouncing �Rubber Eggs� Hit China Markets

Video-Based Home Exercise Able to Ease Osteoarthritis Pain and Perk Up Mobility

News Archive
Date :
Category :
Keyword :

News Quick Links

	News Central			Health Watch
	Latest Health News			Health In Focus
	News Category (500+)			Breaking Health News
	Popular News			Celebrating Life
	Health News and Press Release			Medindia - Exclusive
	News Photo Gallery			India Special
	News Video Gallery			Lifestyle and Wellness
	News From Other Resources

News Categories:


»	Trauma Patients Have High Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency

»	Bread and Dinner Rolls Have High Salt Levels: CDC

»	Latest Weight Loss Tip

»	Diabetes Diagnosis Triggers Unhealthy Diet Promotion Charge on US Celebrity Chef

»	Decaffeinated Coffee Could Improve Memory Function
More Diet News

Hospital Related News
»	Drugs Factory Sealed by Pakistan After Deaths	»	Weekend Admission to Hospital Increases the Chances of Death
»	Hospitals Must Strive Hard Towards Maintaining Quality Emergency Departments	»	Inquests Highly Probable for Younger People and Demise from Medical Care Complications
»	Leading Cause of Infection Outbreaks in US Hospitals - Norovirus	»	Expert Roundtable Discusses Opportunities and Challenges of Palliative Care in the ICU
»	CT Scans for Dizziness in the ER may Not be Necessary	»	Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting Assessed in New Study

Read More >>

Ten Back-To-Back Surgeries on One Patient

Medwonders Health Network

Hospital Related News

Consumers

Medical Professionals

Medical Students

Directories