VISAKHAPATNAM: The young super speciality doctors at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences successfully treated a patient who was diagnosed with subdural hemorrhage with intracerebral bleeding on day one of their joining at VIMS on Wednesday.
According to VIMS director Dr K Rambabu, D Dhana Lakshmi, a 37-year-old female, was presented to the neurosurgery outpatient department with severe headache and weakness in limbs.
“She is a known case of the APLA syndrome with history of recurrent abortions and inferior vena cava thrombosis for which she underwent stenting. She was evaluated and diagnosed as having a large subdural haemorrhage with intracerebral bleed. Dr Santosh, neurosurgeon, took the lead and prepared the entire operation team.
The young team of anaesthesiologists, comprising Dr Haritha, Dr Preethi, Dr Srujana, and Dr Rajesh did pre-anaesthesia check-up along with cardiologist Dr Paul Kiran. Dr Santosh took a detailed video consent, and posted the case for surgery at around 6:30 pm. The patient had a prothrombin time of 57 and international normalised ratio of 4.07, which throws a great challenge to the entire operating team.
Dr Lavanya of transfusion medicine guided the team with regards to fresh frozen plasma transfusions and the surgery completed without any major complications,” said Dr Rambabu.
