Successful surgery of a patient suffering from splenic hydatid cyst
Udaipur:At Pacific Medical College and Hospital, a patient suffering from a splenic hydatid cyst was successfully operated and given a new life to the patient. In this successful operation, the team of Gastro surgeon Dr Vikesh Joshi, Dr Prakash Audichya, Dr Vikram Singh and Anil Bhatt of the Anesthesia Department cooperation.
In fact, 21-year-old Niharika, a resident of Boheda, Badi Saddi, was feeling a lump in the upper abdomen along with pain for the past several days. Due to this, there was constant weakness due to loss of appetite. The relatives brought the patient to Pacific Medical College and Hospital, where he showed them to gastro surgeon Dr Vikesh Joshi, and on examination, the patient was diagnosed with a disease called splenic hydatid cyst, whose treatment was possible only by operation.
Gastro surgeon Dr Vikesh Joshi said that this disease is mainly a disease of sheep and cattle, but people whose main livelihood is sheep and animal husbandry are more likely to get this disease. Echinococcus granulosus, a tapeworm, cause hydatid cysts. These usually occur in the liver. It is tough to detect its symptoms when it is in the spleen. Due to this, it becomes difficult for doctors to diagnose this disease. This operation was done through binoculars, and the patient's splenic (spleen) was saved.Dr Joshi explained that hydatid disease can be found in any part of the body, but hydatid cyst in splenic is very rare. It is seen in any four patients in one lakh.
The patient is now fully recovered and has been discharged. The patient has been treated free of cost under the government's Chiranjeevi scheme.
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