4 year old kid happy to see mother survive rare tumor Timely treatment helps mother of two escape paralysis
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Delhi: 30 year old housewife was successfully treated
at Artemis Hospital recently. She had been suffering from a rare spinal cord
tumor for over 6 months, which was persistently troubling her daily chores and
could have left her paralyzed.
“Even though the tumor was in stage 1, if left
untreated, it would have left her paralyzed from one side. Such tumors are
benign in nature and are very rare, with only 0.5 – 1% of the population being
affected. Keeping in mind the size and location of the tumor, which would have
been risky to treat with conventional radiotherapy, the team decided to perform
cyberknife robotic surgery. The procedure took 40 minutes and the patient was
discharged immediately. Radiographic reports revealed that the tumor had
subsided completely after the first session without affecting the healthy
cells.” Says Dr Aditya Gupta,
Director, Neurosurgery and Cyberknife Centre, Agrim institute for neuro
sciences, Artemis Hospital
The patient had always been ignoring the
aggravated pain in her left shoulder for months. Being a mother of two, she
thought the pain was due to exertion, but she had been in consistent and
unbearable pain that led to difficulty in walking at times. It was only then,
when she started paying heed to. She started losing sensation in her arms and
legs.
“Even though conventional surgery was kept as
an alternative, but had a mild risk on patient getting paralysis and hence was
not advisable. This is where cyberknife is effective and a safer treatment
option. Being a non-invasive and pain free procedure, the tumor was completely
removed with high dosage of targeted radiation.” Added Dr Gupta
Early diagnosis is an important factor in the
outcome of spinal cord tumors. Though many other
treatment methods may be available for treating spinal tumors but due to the
advantage of being totally non-invasive and eliminates the requirement of any
kind of anesthetics, cyberknife is a very useful tool saving the patient’s time
and helping in better and quicker recovery.
Treatment for spinal tumors remaining a challenge in India, due
to the reason that only limited technology is available, and also the fact that
the spine is sensitive and can receive only limited amount of radiation.
Cyberknife being flexible in producing radiations is one of the best options
for treatment of spinal tumor.
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