Rela Hospital Performs Two Staged Robotic Surgery on 47-Year-old Patient to Remove Tumor in Both Kidneys

Chennai, April 20th, 2022: A 47-year-old man from Kolkata successfully underwent two-staged Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN) surgery to remove the tumors in both kidneys at Rela Hospital, a Multi-Speciality Quaternary Care Hospital at Chromepet, Chennai. The team of experts spearheaded by Dr. Vasantharaja Ramasamy performed the RAPN surgery and removed the kidney cancers successfully. The two-staged robotic surgery took just over 4 hours in total.

Mr Raja Sur, a sweet stall owner from Kolkata, who is a father of two kids presented with complaints of blood in his urine for two months. On evaluation at a hospital in his hometown, it was found that he had tumors in both the kidneys- a 5cm tumor on the right side and most of his left kidney was also majorly affected by the tumor. The patient was referred to Rela Institute Cancer Centre, Chennai for further evaluation and treatment. On his arrival at Rela Hospital, Dr. Vasantharaja Ramasamy, Consultant Uro-oncologist evaluated the patient and decided to perform a two-staged robotic surgery for the removal of kidney cancers. 

On 22nd March 2022, the patient underwent a Right Robotic Partial Nephrectomy- a minimally invasive procedure in which several small incisions were made in the patient’s abdominal region to give access to robotically controlled surgical instruments to remove only the tumor part of the right kidney and saving as much of the normal kidney with margins free of cancer. He was discharged on 2nd post-operative day. The second surgery was planned after two weeks allowing his right kidney (remaining 60 percent of the normal kidney) to recover. On April 5th, 2022, Left Robotic Radical Nephrectomy (removal of the whole kidney) was done. Post-surgery, the patient neither required dialysis nor an ICU stay and is absolutely stable now with adequate daily urine output. The patient was discharged a day after the procedure.

Speaking about the two-staged robotic surgery, Dr. Vasantharaja Ramasamy, Consultant Uro-oncologist, Rela Hospital, said “Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN) is an advanced procedure to remove a complex tumor by saving much of the organ. In this case, RAPN was imminent as the other kidney was completely affected by cancer and this surgery was different from the Radical Nephrectomy in which the entire kidney is generally removed,” added Dr. Vasantharaja.

Rela Institute Cancer Centre (RICC), one of India’s most comprehensive, all-under-one-roof Cancer Centres that offer international standard cancer treatment, provides minimally invasive keyhole robotic surgery at an affordable cost to middle-class people in the country said Prof Mohammed Rela, Chairman, Rela Hospital. 

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