Doctors at KIMS Hospitals took alternative route to remove tumour from a 58-year-old patient

The patient, who earlier was admitted to a hospital in Nizamabad and was on ventilator, was brought to KIMS Hospitals.

Hyderabad: Senior pulmonologists at KIMS Hospitals have treated a 58-year-old patient from Nizamabad whose 90 per cent of the respiratory tract was blocked due to a tumour. The team of doctors, instead of surgically removing the tumour, took an alternative route to remove it and save the patient’s life, a press release on Sunday said.

The patient, who earlier was admitted to a hospital in Nizamabad and was on ventilator, was brought to KIMS Hospitals. The patient had severe cough, fatigue and fever and a bronchoscope revealed a large tumour of 1.8 cm width and 2.5 cm in length, occupying 90 per cent of the respiratory tract.

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Dr. Srikanth Kishan Juvva, senior pulmonologist who led the procedure, said, “Normally, such a large tumor is surgically operated upon and removed. But in this case, we removed the tumor in an endoscopic method using a device called a rigid bronchoscope. After removing the tumor, we sent it for biopsy. It was a benign tumor, so that’s not cancer.”