Massive hernia corrected by risky surgery
Expat had 60% of his abdominal contents protruding due to hernia
Kamal Qureshi had been trudging through life with a massive hernia that had left nearly 60 per cent of his abdominal contents hanging outside the abdominal cavity. Suffering from persistent backache and discomfort, the 58-year-old administration executive from Pakistan had been unable to find surgeons who were willing to operate on the hernia, which measured a whopping 20 centimetres by 25 centimetres. A surgery undertaken in the capital last year finally proved successful, and Qureshi has finally been able to ‘get his life back’.
“I had approached doctors abroad but they refused to perform the procedure because they said I was a highrisk patient. But the discomfort and pain was getting intolerable, and I am so glad it has finally been taken care of,” Qureshi told A team of doctors from NMC Healthcare finally undertook a surgery to correct the hernia, placing a 50 centimetre by 25 centimetre wire mesh under the abdominal muscle to ensure that the hernia does not recur, said Dr Ananth Pai, specialist surgeon at NMC Speciality Hospital.
“The surgery was high risk mainly because the patient’s heart function was only about 40 per cent. Still, we put him on a strict diet that allowed him to reduce 10 kilograms, thus also reducing the abdominal fat and making the hernia easier to correct,” the doctor explained.
Following his discharge from the hospital, Qureshi has been able to resume his normal activities with ease.