Nagpur's Meditrina hospital docs do tracheal reconstruction, probably first in India
Dr Sameer Paltewar, Dr Parikshit Janai, Dr Gaurav Agrawal with the patient. By Vikas Vaidya IN A record of sorts, a team of doctors in city’s Meditrina Hospital has successfuly restored speech of a patient by implanting trachea reconstructed from the body part of the patient himself. This is probably the first of its kind surgery performed in India. The surgery was performed in four parts. The most difficult job was to implant the reconstructed trachea. It took 13 long hours but in the end the patient went home fit, fine and happy. Girish, a city resident, had met with a road accident in May 2015. He was in a critical condition after sustaining polytrauma. He required long term intubation, tracheostomy and ventilatory support. After recovering from the injuries he developed tracheal stenosis, which is a known complication of long term intubation. As a result, he was not able to respire, not able to talk. Girist visited a number of centers