Giant tumor removed at Zhambyl Center for Oncology and Surgery
An extraordinary surgery to remove a giant malignant tumor was performed at the Zhambyl Regional Multidisciplinary Center for Oncology and Surgery, under the leadership of Director Dr. Alikhanov, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports citing press service of the Ministry of Healthcare.
A 62-year-old resident of the Merke District accidentally discovered her tumor after a doctor at the clinic in the vaccination room noticed an abnormally large belly and persuaded the patient to undergo an examination.
According to the attending physician Erasyl Arapov, head of the thoracoabdominal surgery department at the Zhambyl Multidisciplinary Center for Oncology and Surgery, the woman was admitted to the hospital on the verge of an irreversible process.
“The tumor occupied 70% of the entire liver, closely associated with the gallbladder and the common hepatic artery, and the weight of the giant tumor was 6 kg. It compressed the vena cava, the gallbladder with ducts and large vessels of the liver, completely absorbing its right lobe,” Arapov said.
Removal of such a giant tumor required complete removal, preserving the integrity of the formation. “This is not easy to do due to the large size of the formation, the lack of working space in the abdominal cavity, close proximity to large vessels and significantly disrupted anatomy. Any careless movement could lead to massive bleeding and an emergency situation,” the specialist noted.
The surgeons removed almost the entire right lobe of the patient’s liver, gallbladder, resected the lymph nodes of the portal vein and the common hepatic artery. An additional complication was the need to isolate the inferior vena cava and common bile duct almost blindly.
“The high-quality and coordinated work of the anesthesiology team helped avoid problems with blood circulation in our patient,” Arapov emphasized. "Attention to changes in the body, timely contact with an oncologist and properly planned treatment can save the patient and reduce the risk of surgery several times."
