Saturday, 16 March 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The paediatric pulmonary department of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh stated on Friday that the doctors had conducted a successful surgery using high-tech based bronchoscopy procedure to remove a peanut remaining stuck in the windpipe of a one and a half year old child-resident of Laksar, Haridwar- for 12 days.
As the girl’s condition kept worsening, the family first took her to a hospital in Roorkee and then to a facility in Dehradun. Doctors in the latter used rigid bronchoscopy technique to remove the particles stuck in the respiratory tract of the girl, but the family’s worry deepened as during bronchoscopy, a part of the particle had broken off and got stuck in the windpipe again. This is when she was brought to AIIMS Rishikesh on March 4. After doing the necessary tests, the doctors at the paediatric pulmonary department (PPD) decided to do ultrathin bronchoscopy. Led by the additional professor of PPD Dr Mayank Mishra, the team of doctors successfully took out the peanuts stuck in the girl’s windpipe. Though the process is risky, it can be successfully applied by experienced doctors in treating such cases, the doctors said.
Dr Mayank said that this part of the peanut grain was 8 mm in size. “Post-surgery, we kept the girl under round the clock medical supervision for five days. As she was found healthy, we discharged her,” he added.
The executive director AIIMS Rishikesh Dr Meenu Singh said that PPD is specially designed for the treatment of respiratory diseases of small children. “This girl reached AIIMS here in a very critical condition but thanks to the use of high-level technology of bronchoscopy by the experienced and highly trained doctors of the institute, the little girl’s life was saved,” she added.
