New Delhi: In an uncommon incident, a 30-year-old delhi woman Aastha Mongia, who was handled at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi, was able to open her mouth for the primary time. Aastha, who’s presently working as senior supervisor at Punjab National Bank, was affected by congenital dysfunction and was introduced to the hospital in February.
The woman was affected by this dysfunction for the previous 30 years of her life. Aastha’s jaw bone was linked to her cranium bone from either side of her mouth, due to that, she may by no means open her mouth and was alive solely on fluids.
The affected person’s household additionally revealed that with no opening passage of the mouth all of Aastha’s teeths decay progressively. The situation of the affected person was essential and no hospital was prepared to function. The affected person and her household had earlier consulted medical doctors in main hospitals of India, Dubai and United Kingdoms, earlier than Dr. Rajeev Ahuja, Senior Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital agreed to take the case.
“When we noticed the affected person, we instructed the household that the surgical procedure could be very advanced and extreme bleeding can even lead to demise on the operation desk. We convened a group of cosmetic surgery, vascular surgical procedure and radiology division and determined to perform this advanced surgical procedure after numerous deliberations,” stated Dr. Rajeev Ahuja.
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The group which handled Aastha included Dr. Raman Sharma, Dr. Itishree Gupta (Plastic Surgery), Dr. Ambaresh Sattvik (Vascular and Endovascular Surgery), Dr. Jayshree Sood, Dr. Amitabh (Anaesthesia Team), was led by Dr. Rajeev Ahuja himself.
The preparation for the surgical procedure began three week earlier than the operation, when a particular injection was utilized to the affected person’s face to shrink the blood-filled veins barely.
The surgical procedure was lastly performed on March 20, 2021. At first, the medical doctors progressively, whereas rescuing the veins of the tumor, reached the best a part of the mouth the place the jaw was hooked up to the cranium and lower it aside. Followed by the left a part of the jaw.
“If the tumor vein was cut by the slightest mistake, the patient could have died in the Operation Theatre,” the medical doctors revealed.
The survey which took 3.5 hours was profitable and Aastha’s mouth on the operation desk was opened for about 2.5 centimeters.
Five days after the surgical procedure the affected person was discharged from the hospital. At that point Aastha was able to open her mouth upto 3 centimeters. Dr. Rajeev Ahuja stated, “the physiotherapy and exercise of the mouth will now open its mouth more.”
“My daughter has suffered rather a lot in the final 30 years, her mouth didn’t even open a lot that she couldn’t even contact her tongue by hand. Today, after profitable surgical procedure, she cannot solely open her mouth, but additionally contact her tongue. He can now negotiate in a standard method,” stated Hemant Pushkar Mongia, father of the affected person.
“I thank God and the doctors for this second birth,” Aastha Mongia stated after the profitable surgical procedure.
