Bhubaneswar: The doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), in a complex and rare operation, saved a cancer patient by removing a portion of his kidney through advanced laparoscopic surgery. Urology Department’s Assistant Professor and HoD Sumanta Mishra, performed the surgery on a 70-year-old male patient with diabetes, high blood pressure, and chronic kidney disease. His left kidney was diagnosed with a 4 cm x 4 cm tumour. The doctors gave him the option of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy as he had multiple comorbidities. Upon his approval, Mishra and his team performed the surgery successfully. The doctors said the patient had been completely cured of cancer and the remaining kidney was working well.
KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta congratulated the doctors for the path-breaking surgery, emphasizing that providing advanced treatment with care and compassion has always been the aim of KIMS. Kidney cancer is a very common cancer today requiring early diagnosis and treatment. Radical nephrectomy or removal of the whole kidney is the treatment of choice which makes the patient live the rest of his life with only one kidney. Partial nephrectomy or removal of the cancer only part is the other option but needs specialized center for surgery, something which has now been successfully demonstrated at KIMS.
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP
