Doctors at KGMU make surgery easier for burn patients

“We avoided using ET and used two different types of supraglottic devices (I-gel and BlockBuster LMA),” he added.

“Our study found that even use of supraglottic devices for PBC patients is a viable option and can reduce the incidence of unwanted cancellation of surgeries in such patients,” said Tiwari.

Doctors used camera laryngoscope which they inserted first into the windpipe during surgery.  

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a first, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed professor Shally Awasthi, head of the pediatrics department at King George's Medical University (KGMU) Lucknow as a member of the Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG). HSI-TAG comprises experts who give advice to the WHO on global health security issues. They help member groups in creating technical resources for member countries to safeguard their populations against deliberate biological threats and emerging challenges.