17-year-old Anjali Devi's marriage was ruined after she had a procedure called tracheotomy.
17-year-old Anjali Devi's marriage was ruined after she had a procedure called tracheotomy. The procedure was undertaken after she swallowed pesticide and became comatose following a fight with her husband Shivakumar.
Doctors at the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry saved her life, but had to bore a hole through her windpipe to ease her breathing after she developed severe respiratory distress.
Coma - Causes Symptoms Treatment FAQs
Coma is a deep state of unconsciousness where the affected individual is alive but is not able to react or respond to external stimuli. The outcome ranges from full recovery to death.
Coma is a deep state of unconsciousness where the affected individual is alive but is not able to react or respond to external stimuli. The outcome ranges from full recovery to death.
However doctors at the Government General Hospital in Chennai have performed a rare ENT surgery removing the damaged part of the windpipe and restoring her own ability to breathe. "She now has no hole in her neck. And her husband has come back to her," a doctor at the hospital said.
The doctors performed this surgery by moving her voice-box or larynx a little below, so as to bypass the damaged windpipe.
Key Hole Surgery -About
Medindia provides a very interesting Paediatric Laparoscopic surgery section for doctors
Medindia provides a very interesting Paediatric Laparoscopic surgery section for doctors
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RAS
The Lungs
The lungs are our organs of respiration. It is within these, that exchange of gases takes place.
The lungs are our organs of respiration. It is within these, that exchange of gases takes place.
CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPR or CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION can restore function of the heart and lungs due to any condition that causes the heart to come to a stop. This usually happens after a massive heart-attack.
CPR or CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION can restore function of the heart and lungs due to any condition that causes the heart to come to a stop. This usually happens after a massive heart-attack.
