PGIMER-Chandigarh operates on 7.7 ft tall J-K cop, its tallest patient ever
Chandigarh, May 26 (PTI) PGIMER’s Department of Neurosurgery has treated a 35-year-old male patient, a Jammu and Kashmir Police head constable, who had reached a height of 7 feet 7 inches, a rare and extreme manifestation of acromegaly due to uncontrolled growth hormone secretion, the institute said.
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here has successfully treated over 100 cases of acromegaly — a rare feat.
The hormone disorder caused by functional pituitary adenomas, was treated through the endoscopic transnasal approach, a minimally invasive technique that avoids incision on the head.
The medical facility in a statement on Monday said its neurosurgery team, led by doctors Rajesh Chhabra, Apinderpreet Singh, and Shilpi Bose, performed this intricate procedure with the support of a neuroanaesthesia team led by Dr Rajeev Chauhan.
