12-kg tumour removed from patient's
abdomen in Mumbai
Mumbai: In a rare operation, doctors of
a city-based hospital has successfully removed a 12 kg tumour from the abdomen
of a 37-year-old woman.
Doctors at Global Hospital in Parel
area, where the surgery was conducted on December 5, said that the woman, who
lives in Central suburbs of the city, complained of a stiff and a continuous
bloating stomach for the last 6 months. She however, never experienced any
pain.
"Around 6 months back, she felt
her stomach was growing but she did not have any pain or discomfort. Her family
doctor got an Ultra Sound (test) done which picked up a large tumour.
Subsequently, we did a CT and an MRI scan and that is how we came to the
conclusion that she had Liposarcoma," Dr Nimesh Shah, Consultant General
surgeon at Global hospital said.
He added that the tumour, which was
cancerous, would have ultimately resulted in the death of the woman, had it
been not removed on time.
"We were aware even prior to the surgery that we were
dealing with a cancerous tumour. If this tumour was not removed on time, she
could have suffered from bowel complications, involvement of major blood
vessels or probably one kidney not functioning," Dr Jignesh Gandhi, a
consultant surgeon, who was also a part of the surgery, said.
The operation lasted
for around four hours and required four bottles of blood for transfusion. "This
is a very rare case. The incidence rate is 1-1.5 in a million people. If the
tumour had been left inside the body, it could have affected the liver, lungs
and brain," Gandhi added.
Dr Shah said that the
woman has been discharged today and will now be in the care of a
chemo-therapist, who will give her radiation treatment to remove residuals of
the malignant tumour.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
17.12.2014
Bans causing decline in gutka
consumption: WHO study
Mumbai: There are strong indications
that state-level laws banning gutka are leading to a decrease in its
consumption, with nearly 49 percent respondents admitting to having consumed
less since the ban, according to a WHO study.
Conducted by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) country office for India in collaboration with Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, the study said that the state-level bans
also led to the product's reduced availability.
"These findings have a strong
message that regulatory mechanisms are effective and can have a positive impact
on the consumption pattern," Nata Menabde, the WHO representative to
India, said in a statement.
"The study has revealed that
product bans did impact use. Of the respondents who continue to use
pre-packaged gutka, half (49 percent) reported they consume less since the
ban."
The study conducted in
Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and
Pradesh and the national capital region revealed that the 92 percent supported
gutka bans across the studied jurisdictions and there was 99 percent agreement
that gutka bans were good for the Indian youth's health.
India has world's largest number of consumers of smokeless
tobacco; recent estimates indicate that 26 percent of adults (15 years or
older) use smokeless tobacco, the statement said. Nearly one million people
anually die in India due to tobacco consumption.
The study also revealed that approximately half of the
respondents tried to stop using gutka last year, with nearly 80 percent of them
agreeing that the bans will help people quit.
Surveys were conducted with 1,001 current and former gutka
consumers and 458 tobacco product retailers.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
17.12.2014
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