32-year-old woman recovers after rare Spina Bifida procedure at Ankura Hospital in Hyderabad

The patient is full-time working professional and had long been depending on her parents to manage bowel evacuation.

Hyderabad: Surgeons at Ankura Hospital, Banjara Hills have successfully carried out a minimally invasive procedure on a 32-year-old woman, who was suffering from a congenital medical condition known as Spina Bifida, which was causing bowel and bladder control problems.

The patient, a full-time working professional, who long depended on her parents to manage bowel evacuation, had consulted Ankura Hospitals. Following a comprehensive assessment, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team proposed the novel, minimally invasive procedure.

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“Known as colonoscopic cecostomy, the procedure was technically demanding due to her previous abdominal surgeries. After a thorough review of available literature, we successfully placed a 14 Fr PEG tube into the cecum using colonoscopic access,” said Dr. Parijat Ram Tripathi, senior paediatric gastroenterologist, who performed the procedure.

Dr. VVS Chandrasekharam, Chief Surgeon, Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology, said “This procedure is a significant step forward in addressing bowel management challenges in individuals with neurological disorders like Spina Bifida.”