Lucknow: Doctors at the Lucknow-based Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) have achieved a new milestone by performing a life-saving rigid bronchoscopic removal of a bullet from the airway wall of a 20-year-old man.

According to doctors, a 20-year-old man with an alleged gunshot injury was brought and admitted to the SGPGIMS in the critical condition.

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The bullet had entered from the lower back and entered the chest and was lodged within the airway wall. Because of this, air leaked out into the surrounding area leading to difficulty in breathing.

After an initial bronchoscopic assessment, rigid bronchoscopy was performed through the mouth under general anaesthesia, and the bullet was removed using rigid forceps by Dr. Amit Kumar Singh of the Department of Trauma Surgery.

Thereafter, a silicone stent was placed to cover the rent of approximately 2 cm in the airway wall.

The patient was shifted to ICU conscious and oriented. This procedure avoided a major surgical procedure to remove the bullet from the chest of the youth without any surgical incision.

This procedure is the first in its kind done at the department of pulmonary medicine SGPGI with the expertise of Dr. Ajmal Khan and his team.

The patient is recuperating in the ICU of ATC under the care of Dr. Amit Kumar Singh, according to the information given by Dr. Alok Nath, head of the department of Pulmonary medicine.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Government hospitals in all districts of Uttar Pradesh will now have dedicated wards reserved for members of the transgender community. The members will be issued identity cards to help them get benefits from various government welfare schemes.

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