Jagran correspondent, Noida. Doctors at Yatharth Hospital Noida in Noida have succeeded in saving the life of an elderly man whose stomach had shifted from its place and reached very close to the chest. His digestive system also stopped.
Senior Director Dr. Manoj Gupta said that gastric volvulus with hiatus hernia is a very serious condition. In this the stomach gets bent abnormally. If timely treatment is not done, there is a risk of stopping the blood supply, stomach rupture or excessive bleeding.
Told that after examination the elderly man was immediately taken for emergency surgery, which was done laparoscopically. The patient's condition improved after surgery and he was discharged from the hospital the next day after starting the diet.
Consultant Dr. Alok Dubey says that by adding Nissen fundoplication to the surgery, the patient does not face reflux problems in future.