Tirupati, Sept. 30 -- Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati, has successfully treated a 60-year-old woman suffering from a complex traumatic diaphragmatic hernia following a serious accident, using advanced laparoscopic surgery and multidisciplinary critical care.
The patient, a resident of Sundupalli in Kadapa district, was referred to SVIMS after her condition deteriorated at another hospital, the Institute said in a release on Wednesday.
She was admitted with severe respiratory distress, spinal injuries and pneumonia, requiring ventilatory support.
Investigations revealed a traumatic left diaphragmatic hernia with eventration, a condition in which abdominal organs can move into the chest cavity following dam...