Visakhapatnam: A nine-year-old woman from Anakapalli district has recovered from a fancy spinal wire surgical procedure at King George Hospital (KGH) in Visakhapatnam, regaining her means to stroll after affected by tuberculosis-induced spinal deformity. Tejaswani, a resident of Madugula mandal, was admitted to KGH’s neurosurgery division on November 7 with extreme neck ache and an incapacity to carry her head upright. Medical imaging revealed she had cervical dorsal junction (CDJ) kyphosis on the D1-D2 vertebrae, a spinal deformity attributable to tuberculosis that created a harmful 60-degree curvature in her backbone. The surgical group, led by Dr Y.M. Premjit Ray, Head of the neurosurgery division, carried out the process on December 6. The operation concerned specialists from the cardiothoracic surgical procedure, orthopaedic, and anaesthesia departments working collectively within the hospital’s neurosurgery working theatre. “If the operation had been delayed, the affected person’s legs would have fully grow to be numb, and he or she wouldn’t have been in a position to stroll,” hospital officers acknowledged in a press launch. The surgical procedure, valued at roughly Rs 4 lakh, was supplied freed from cost to the household underneath the Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme, a authorities well being initiative. Following the profitable operation, Tejaswani has regained her means to stroll usually, along with her ache fully subsiding.
