India, Feb. 25 -- Doctors at Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH), Pimpri, successfully performed a highly complex 15-hour surgery to restore the digestive function of a 39-year-old patient suffering from severe esophageal damage.

The patient a resident of Lavale had suffered a corrosive injury to his food pipe (esophagus) after accidentally consuming a chemical on January 31, 2024. Over the past year, he underwent multiple procedures, including three endoscopic treatments to open the narrowed food pipe and five surgeries to remove abnormal tissue from his windpipe (trachea). Despite these efforts, his condition did not improve, making it nearly impossible for him to eat or breathe properly, said the officials.

On January 28, doc...