Max Hospital, Saket successfully removes bullet from man's lung after 16 years
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New Delhi: Doctors at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, saved 45-year-old man’s life by removing a bullet that had been lodged in his left lung for 16 years. Shailender Singh, who sustained a gunshot wound in 2008 and had lived with the bullet lodged perilously close to his heart, until it recently started causing life-threatening complications.
Singh, a resident of Kanpur, presented to Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket after experiencing chest pain and coughing of blood. He revealed that he was shot in the chest in 2008, and the bullet got stuck in his left lung, very close to the heart. Over the years, he sought multiple opinions from specialists in Kanpur, but due to the dangerous location of the bullet near vital structures, including his heart and lungs, doctors advised against surgery. He received non-surgical treatment and remained free of symptoms for years.
However, he started experiencing severe chest pain since last one year and began coughing up blood. The symptoms just got worse over time.
A team of doctors led by Dr Shaiwal Khandelwal, Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, evaluated the patient and removed the bullet as well as the damaged lung.
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