The patient, suffering from obesity and chronic bronchopathy, had such a large formation that the weight exerted on the abdominal wall made it difficult for her to breathe. After 6 hours of surgery, the surgeons of the Policlinico di Bari, however, managed to empty it and detach it from the peritoneum. Now the woman is still under observation but she is fine.
It weighed over 30 chili. It had reached a diameter of 47 centimeters and it was filled with well 27 liters of liquid. Not only that: the cyst grown on the walls of theovary of a woman of 58 years old it had risen so much that it even took to remove it 6 hours of intervention in the operating room.
These are the numbers which define the contours of the last operation “Record” staged at the Policlinico di Bari.
Who the team gynecologists, anesthetists e resuscitators has successfully operated on a patient suffering from obesity e chronic bronchopathy, transferred on 11 August from the Brindisi hospital.
The first analyzes to which she had been subjected had shown one formation “giant”, to the point that the weight exerted by the cyst on the abdominal wall it made them difficult to breathe.
As you may know, the ovarian cysts they are bags filled with material, of shape liquid O solid, which form inside or outside the ovaries.
In most cases they are the result of natural physiological processes related to period: at other times, however, they are related to more serious conditions, such as a tumor.
Given the dimensions and weight and after the anesthetic evaluations, the Apulian doctors opted that the woman would have to undergo surgery, even in the absence of procedure standard coded for cases of this type.
Thus, in over 6 hours, the surgeons have it first emptied the cyst which, due to its large size, could not be manipulated and subsequently unglued it from peritoneum.
The operation was successful and it was a success and the woman, who today is still under observation in the ward, is fine.
Source | Bari Polyclinic
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