Mumbai doctors remove 8.5 kg spleen from 37-year-old man, end 17 yrs suffering

In a record feat doctors at the Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road here successfully removed a giant 85 kg spleen from a 37yearold mans abdomen ending his 17 years suffering an official said here on FridayThe enlarged spleen taken out measures 3feet x15 feet 90 cms size and weighing a massive 85 kgThe previous world record in the Guinness Book stands as a spleen of 7366 cms and weighing 23 kgs said a hospital spokespersonWockhardt Hospitals Mira Road Consultant Surgeon Dr Imran Shaikh said that the patient Rajkumar Tiwari underwent a surgery lasting six hours with no pre or post operative complications he recovered well and after all his parameters were normal was discharged after 5 daysExplaining the challenges Dr Shaikh said that the patient had been suffering from a condition called massive splenomegaly and hypersplenism through splenectomy since the age of 18He had symptoms like abdominal tightness pains fatigue and eventually restricted his movements and prevented him from performing normal activitiesMassive splenomegaly with hypersplenism is a rare disorder and due to the enormous size of the spleen and its overfunction carries a risk to the patient Enlarged spleen starts killing blood cells prematurely leading to low Haemoglobin white blood cells WBC and platelet count said ShaikhDue to severely low Haemoglobin Tiwari had severe weakness a low White blood corpuscles count and a poor defence mechanism which made him prone to infections and a very low platelet count patient carries the risk of spontaneous bleeding said the medicoPostsurgery Tiwari got muchneeded relief from all his symptoms and resumed his daily routine without any difficulty said Wockhardt Hospitalsrsquo Mira Road Head Dr Pankaj DhamijaThe problems were first noticed around 17 years ago when Tiwari was jolted out of his daily routine due to pain in the leftside upper abdomen and despite multiple medical treatment options he got no reliefOver the years as his spleen kept enlarging his health kept deteriorating as the spleen obstruction due to lack of space in the abdomen and intestines led to vomiting and other related problemsFinally an extremely weakened tired and paleskinned Tiwari who could barely walk or climb steps was referred to Wockhardt Hospitals here and he was diagnosed with splenomegalyHe was suffering like this for a year and more in the past month and we performed all tests and CT scans to confirm the diagnosis The spleen is located on the left side of the abdomen and filters blood by removing old malformed or damaged red blood cells said Dr ShaikhAn enlarged spleen is a common occurrence that reduces the number of healthy red blood cells platelets and white cells in a persons bloodstream leading to frequent infections but when it grows bigger and 20 cms and weighs over 1000 gms its known as a Massive splenomegalySince Tiwari had a very low blood count the blood and blood products given to him presurgery would die immediately in the spleen and with a very low platelet count the operation could be lifethreatening Dr Shaikh addedAfter blocking the main blood supply to the spleen by putting coils in the artery to avoid killing the transfused blood projects and increase the safety margin he was wheeled for surgery the next dayTiwaris abdomen was opened and the medical team saw that it was crushing the intestines pancreas diaphragm and stomach so it was carefully separated and the surgery carried out successfullyAfter 17 years of struggle the massive weight has been lifted off my body The constant pain and discomfort that prevented me leading a normal life is now past thanks to Dr Shaikh and his team said a grateful TiwariThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever