INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, March 11
Doctors have removed five kilo tumour from the face of Alim Kabadi, 42, of Janakpur
Doctors from Nepal Cancer Hospital removed the tumour and applied tissue transplant method during surgical process.
Alim had been suffering
from low grade osteosarcoma — a cancerous tumour in bone, according to Dr Prabhat Thakur, programme director, Head and Neck Oncology
Programme at Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
A team led by Dr Thakur had performed the surgery recently.
It took 12 hours for the
team to remove the tumour
The team had usedtissue transplantation for reconstruction of his face.
More than half of face and eyes were reconstructed with muscle and
skin from his thigh.
According to Dr Thakur it was a complex surgery.
Due to long standing tumour bleeding occurred more than
expected.
Kabadi had undergone surgery of tumour on his face earlier too, but it started growing again.
&The size of his tumour had
increased and it had changed the shape of his face
The growing tumour had damaged one of his eyes, half of the palate, nasal bone and sinus
We are waiting for his final biopsy reports
If it turns out to be a cancer then he needs more treatment,& said Dr Thakur.
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