Delhi doctors remove 7 kg ovarian tumour
February 11th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) An ovarian tumor weighing 7 kg was successfully removed by doctors in a city hospital in a four-hour long surgery, hospital officials said Friday. The 45-year-old woman was admitted to the Action Cancer Hospital in Paschim Vihar area of west Delhi Jan 27 following complaints of abdominal distension and the doctors detected the 7 kg, 10-inch tumour.
“A team of doctors headed by S.K. Das, senior consultant of Gynae-Oncology, performed the surgery” the official said.
The surgery was done without a break and the patient was discharged six days later,” Das said.
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