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patient with a rare condition of huge thyroid
swelling with extensive neck node metastasis.

• Bilateral Total Knee Replacement was successfully
performed in a 60-year-old female patient
diagnosed with Arnold Chiari Malformation

• For the first time in Central India, Nailfold
Capillaroscopy (NFC) with digital microscope was
used as a diagnostic technique for cases of
Revival of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OOHCA) emergency patients was systemic sclerosis and autoimmune CTDs
successfully performed
• Doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai restored the • First Day Care Total Knee Replacement in Central
crushed face of 23-year-old after a massive India was successfully performed in a 52-year old
accident. female patient having osteoarthritis of left knee
joint.
• For the first time in Asia, three Mitral Clip
procedures were successfully performed on a • Diagnosis and treatment of a rare condition
single day. Henoch- Schonlein Purpura (HSP) in an 8yr old
male patient having complaints of severe pain
• New investigation regime was introduced by the abdomen and rashes both lower limbs
Department of Biochemistry for use in the
diagnosis of autoimmune thrombotic disorders and • Re-implantation surgery of a totally amputed left-
other lupus-like diseases. hand was successfully performed for a patient
• A new Corindus Vascular Robotic system was • Successful management of a rare condition
installed in the Cathlab. 'Methemoglobinemia due to Metoclopramide' in a
59-year-old male patient, a known case of
• Port Access Mitral Valve replacement (MICS) was carcinoma bladder post-radical cystectomy and
successfully performed on a 78-year-old patient. bilateral uretero-sigmoidostomy

Apollo Hospitals, Indore • Successful surgery performed for a premature and
extremely low birth weight baby of 1.3 kg with a 5
• Dual layer stent, C guard carotid stent was used for mm PDA. The baby gained weight post discharge
the first time in central region for treating a patient
with both ischemic heart disease and stroke with • TAVI was successfully performed in a 79-year-old
severe left internal carotid artery stenosis female patient who underwent CABG with AVR
about a year back. She had developed re-stenosis
• L5 foraminotomy and discectomy in a patient of prosthetic valve. This was the first case of TAVI
weighing 135 kg was performed. The patient was in Madhya Pradesh.
discharged on the 4th day with disappearance of all
symptoms • In a rare case scenario, Fosfomycin was used for
fighting MDR Klebsiella pneumonia in CSF in a 55-
• Aortic dissection repair with aortic hemi-arch year old patient, who was operated for acute
reconstruction was performed successfully in a 36- hydrocephalus secondary to colloid cyst at foramen
year old female suffering from chronic kidney of Monro. The infection in the CSF was not
disease responding to Meropenem and Colistin. However,
after the 14 days' treatment with Fosfomycin, the
• Total thyroidectomy with bilateral radical neck patient was discharged in a stable condition.
dissection was successfully performed to treat a
• A 53- year old female patient, successfully

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