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Overcoming Odds: Medical Student Who Had Robotic Colorectal Surgery Bags Gold Medal
|According to the reports, in 2017, she was diagnosed with low rectal cancer. At that time, she was just 24 and was about to pursue to postgraduate studies.
Overcoming all odds, a 28-year-old post-graduate medical student who successfully underwent robotic colorectal surgery at Apollo Institute of Colorectal Surgery, has now completed her postgraduate studies and won a gold medal.
According to the reports, in 2017, she was diagnosed with low rectal cancer. At that time, she was just 24 and was about to pursue to postgraduate studies. After the diagnosis, she had thought her medical dreams would be halted, as with conventional surgery for this cancer, the patient is left with a colostomy, a surgically-created opening in the body that routes bowel waste into a colostomy bag.
However, with robotic surgery, the cancer was removed and the colon to rectal connection reconstructed, thus preventing a colostomy, said Venkatesh Munikrishnan, consultant colorectal & robotic surgeon. She thought her dreams would be shattered. Hoping for a solution to let her live everyday life without the colostomy bag, she visited Dr. Ventakesh Munnikrishnan, Consultant Colorectal and Robotic Surgeon, at the Apollo Institute of Colorectal Surgery after the diagnosis.
Struggle and outcome
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