Artemis Oncology Team Helps Ailing Iraqi Catch a Breath

• A Rarest of Rare Case - Natural Reconstruction of Wind Pipe by Doctors 

33 year old, Hamid Taha can finally breathe through his nose! For the past 2 years, he could not  speak or eat properly, or even, breathe through his nose due to cancer in the wind pipe. He was  suffering from a rare type of cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea. His trips to  two other leading hospitals led to a palliative Tracheostomy and an option of palliative stents  which could do nothing for tumor because of the large diseased area. An exceptional and ‘one  of its kind’ surgery was successfully performed at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon by a team of  doctors which comprised of Surgical Oncologists, Otolaryngologist and Anesthesiologists.  Hamid is now healthy; the Tracheostomy tube has been removed and he can speak & eat  normally.

To eliminate the tumor, 7.8 cm of the wind pipe was removed and later on, reconstructed  naturally, with the help of muscle flaps and pericardium. “It was a difficult surgery because of
the long length of the wind pipe engulfed by cancer and the pre-existing Tracheostomy. Wind  pipe surgeries are extremely challenging due to the close proximity to vital organs like heart  and major blood vessels; moreover, giving anesthesia to the patient is very tough. Radiotherapy  and Chemotherapy are of no use in such cases and mortality rate is 10%”, said Dr. Parveen  Yadav, operating surgeon & Consultant - Surgical Oncology and at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon.  Artemis Oncology Team Helps Ailing Iraqi Catch a Breath  A Rarest of Rare Case - Natural Reconstruction of Wind Pipe by Doctors

33 year old, Hamid Taha can finally breathe through his nose! For the past 2 years, he could not  speak or eat properly, or even, breathe through his nose due to cancer in the wind pipe. He was  suffering from a rare type of cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea. His trips to  two other leading hospitals led to a palliative Tracheostomy and an option of palliative stents  which could do nothing for tumor because of the large diseased area. An exceptional and ‘one  of its kind’ surgery was successfully performed at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon by a team of  doctors which comprised of Surgical Oncologists, Otolaryngologist and Anesthesiologists.  Hamid is now healthy; the Tracheostomy tube has been removed and he can speak & eat  normally.

To eliminate the tumor, 7.8 cm of the wind pipe was removed and later on, reconstructed  naturally, with the help of muscle flaps and pericardium. “It was a difficult surgery because of  the long length of the wind pipe engulfed by cancer and the pre-existing Tracheostomy. Wind  pipe surgeries are extremely challenging due to the close proximity to vital organs like heart  and major blood vessels; moreover, giving anesthesia to the patient is very tough. Radiotherapy  and Chemotherapy are of no use in such cases and mortality rate is 10%”, said Dr. Parveen  Yadav, operating surgeon & Consultant - Surgical Oncology and at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon.