Shimla, Sept. 9 -- In a breakthrough for pediatric surgery in Himachal Pradesh, Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Shimla has successfully carried out its first-ever thoracoscopic repair of left hemidiaphragm eventration in a five-month-old infant.
The patient, a preterm baby weighing 2.8 kg at birth, was admitted with recurrent chest infections, tachypnoea and oxygen desaturation.
After being referred from Rippon Hospital to the Department of Pediatrics, IGMC, a detailed evaluation revealed diaphragmatic eventration, a condition where abnormal diaphragm movement causes respiratory distress.
The surgery, performed by the Pediatric Surgery Team led by Dr. Raj Kumar with Dr. Kamal Kant Sharma, Dr. Naveen Thakur, R.K. Negi, Dr. Manjit, Dr...