A rare Nasal cancer surgery successfully performed at GCS hospital in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Doctors at GCS Hospital here performed a successful surgery to cure a rare Nasal cancer called Squamous cell carcinoma.

A patient named Shri Ishrani (Age 58 years) was identified with a rare nasal cancer in which his nose needs to be removed and reconstructed. Dr Parmod Menon- Consultant of Plastic, cosmetics and reconstructive surgery and Dr Aditya Joshipura- Consultant of Onco surgery successfully performed this surgery in joint efforts. Dr Aditya removed the cancerous nose along with tumours in throat and Dr Pramod re-attached the nose. Dr Pramod used the bone of the hip to formulate the structure and used the skin of arms for the skin of the reconstructed nose.

The patient was kept in ICU for 2 days after the surgery and discharged after 8 days from the hospital. Patient is now completely recovered. DeshGujarat