JnK: GMC Doda becomes pioneer in advanced Minimal Access surgery
A 50 year old patient with longstanding hiatus hernia was successfully operated upon and Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was done, the spokesperson said.;
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Jammu: The Government Medical College in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district has become the first tertiary care hospital in the union territory to perform advanced laparoscopic esophageal and gastric surgeries, an official said here on Saturday.
A 50-year-old patient with longstanding hiatus hernia, a condition in which a part of the stomach enters the chest and gives rise to unresolved GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), was successfully operated upon and Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was done, the spokesperson said.
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