Gandhi Hospital performs complex tracheal surgery on 24-year-old patient

Senior cardiothoracic surgeons and a multidisciplinary team from Gandhi Hospital have successfully performed a complex and highly specialised airway procedure on a 24-year-old male patient who was admitted with a blocked trachea and severe breathing difficulties.

The patient, Vijay Kumar, was admitted with severe shortness of breath and



difficulty in swallowing. 

His complications originated in August when he was admitted to a private hospital after consuming poison. 

He underwent a tracheostomy, a surgical procedure in which an opening is created in the neck to place a tube directly into the windpipe (trachea), to maintain breathing.