Rare mouth cancer surgery performed at P’kula hospital

Chandigarh, July 10

Dr Kanwarneet, an oncosurgeon-resection, and Dr Varun Singla, a plastic surgeon-reconstruction, performed a difficult surgery for mouth cancer at a private hospital in Panchkula recently.

A 45-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a history of growth on the lips for the past one and a half years which had increased significantly in the past six months.

Dr Kanwarneet and Dr Varun Singla said on examination, the patient was found suspected to have a squamous cell carcinoma involving the upper and lower lips, right commissure and cheek mucosa along with mandible.

The 10-hour surgery involved extensive and difficult cancer resection and the subsequent extremely fine microsurgery needed to reconstruct the defect created, said the doctors.

The surgery went without any problems and the flap survived without any complications. The patient is stable now and recovering with minimal problems. — TNS