Srinagar, Feb. 12 -- The Department of Surgical Oncology, Fortis Cancer Institute, Fortis Mohali, has achieved yet another medical feat by successfully conducting a complex surgery for pancreatic cancer via RAMPS procedure with Type 1 Portal Vein Reconstruction - on a 62-year-old patient suffering from a complex pancreatic body cancer, which had been further complicated by associated Portal vein thrombosis (PVT).

RAMPS procedure (Radical Antegrade Modular Pancreatosplenectomy) is a standard procedure for patients suffering from pancreatic body and tail cancer. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is the formation of a blood clot in the veins of the liver. The intricate operation involving vascular reconstruction (treating a blocked or damaged bl...