Apollo becomes first hospital in India to use tubeless VATS technique to treat cancer

"We have successfully done India's first same sitting bilateral VATS for our patient from Bangladesh," said Dr. Abhijit Das, Consultant Thoracic Oncologist, Apollo Hospitals.

Published On 2021-02-16 03:30 GMT   |   Update On 2021-02-16 03:30 GMT

Chennai: For the first time in India, new tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) technique was used to successfully treat lung cancer patients from Bangladesh. Also Read:Medical negligence attributed to non-involvement of Specialists: Hospital, Doctors directed to pay Rs 10 lakh compensationDoctors from Apollo Cancer Centre performed the surgery and confirmed the recovery of...

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Chennai: For the first time in India, new tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) technique was used to successfully treat lung cancer patients from Bangladesh.

Also Read:Medical negligence attributed to non-involvement of Specialists: Hospital, Doctors directed to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation

Doctors from Apollo Cancer Centre performed the surgery and confirmed the recovery of the patient.

"We have successfully done India's first same sitting bilateral VATS for our patient from Bangladesh," said Dr. Abhijit Das, Consultant Thoracic Oncologist, Apollo Hospitals.

Also Read:New class of drug leads to 30% reduced risk of death for bladder cancer patients

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