Mangalore : An innovative Laparoscopic Surgery was performed by the Eminent Laparoscopic Surgeon Dr. Roshan Shetty on a 47 year old lady hailing from Kalianpur at City Hospital Mangalore. It is reported that, it is the first of its kind of innovative life saving surgery performed on a cancer patient in the medical history of undivided D.K. district.       

The patient approached Dr. Roshan Shetty with a complaint of weight loss, acute bleeding and frequent pain per Rectum. She was subjected to evaluation through a state-of-the-art Colonoscope with narrow band imaging and was diagnosed to have multiple Polyps with 2 cancerous lesions in the whole of large intestine which was alarming, complicated in nature and life threatening and the patient was instantly advised to undergo laparoscopic surgery involving total removal of large intestine with rectum and creation of Neo-rectum (Laparoscopic Total Procto-Colectomy with Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis).

A very innovative laparoscopic surgery was performed on the patient which lasted for 5 long hours. The surgical procedure was very successful and the patient responded to the surgery and treatment and recovered fully and relieved of Cancer and was discharged and is leading a normal life in her hometown.

A team of doctors comprising of Dr. Bhaskar Shetty, Surgeon, Dr. Kishan Shetty, Anaesthesiologist and Dr. Murali, Physician assisted Dr. Shetty in the surgery.