Lucknow: SGPGIMS Doctors perform life saving bronchoscopic removal of bullet on 20-year-old patient
Lucknow: Doctors at the Lucknow-based Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) have achieved a new milestone by performing a life-saving rigid bronchoscopic removal of a bullet from the airway wall of a 20-year-old man.
According to doctors, a 20-year-old man with an alleged gunshot injury was brought and admitted to the SGPGIMS in the critical condition.
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The bullet had entered from the lower back and entered the chest and was lodged within the airway wall. Because of this, air leaked out into the surrounding area leading to difficulty in breathing.
After an initial bronchoscopic assessment, rigid bronchoscopy was performed through the mouth under general anaesthesia, and the bullet was removed using rigid forceps by Dr. Amit Kumar Singh of the Department of Trauma Surgery.
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