Kerala: Doctors at MCH perform spine surgery on 14-year-old SMA patient
Thiruvananthapuram: In a relief for Spinal Muscular Atrophy patients, a government medical college in Kerala has launched an innovative surgery to correct the spinal deformity among SMA patients.
The surgery for Scoliosis, an abnormal spine curvature caused by back muscle weakness, was conducted at the Government Medical College Hospital here, a first of its kind in the government sector.
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The surgery was conducted on Thursday under the supervision of the Orthopedic Department, a statement from the Health Department said here on Saturday.
The surgery was performed on a 14-year old girl, an SMA patient from Kozhikode native who has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 11 years due to the rare disease, it said.
The eight-hour-long surgery was complicated but successful and Health Minister Veena George congratulated the team of doctors and the medical team who led the procedure, the statement said.
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