In A First, Para Pharyngeal Tumour Surgery Performed At GMC Anantnag

Srinagar, March 24 -- Such tumours are rare, difficult to diagnose and challenging to operate, says doctor

Srinagar- In a first, doctors at government medical college Anantnag performed a rare para pharyngeal tumour surgery on a patient, who was diagnosed with the rare disease.

Quoting a doctor who was part of the team, news agency KNO reported that rare surgery was performed at GMC Anantnag as a 29-year-old patient was diagnosed with para pharyngeal tumour.

He said the patient was operated in the department of ENT-HNS of GMC Anantnag by a team of doctors led by Dr Amir Yousuf.

"The case was evaluated and CT tumour mapping was done with able guidance of senior Radiologists Dr Owais H Dar and Dr Saika Shafi and with able team of anaest...