In a rare of fete of medical procedure, a team of doctors at MaxCure Hospital successfully operated a 9-year-old child suffering with life threatening congenital deformity called Klippel-Feil Syndrome.

According to Neuro and CT Surgeons at MaxCure Hospital, the nine-year-old child named Nizar was suffering with a rare spinal cord developmental problem in the neck associated with a large lump of unwanted growth in the chest and because of this abnormal growth the child was facing acute breathing problem since childhood and it was further aggravated with the child’s growth. Dr. Ratnakar, consultant - neurosurgeon at MaxCure, said, “Nizar had a rare congenital disorder in his spinal cord and was suffering from breathlessness due to the swelling caused in the neck and chest which created compression on the esophagus and trachea. Upon understanding the problem we devised a customized medical procedure in 3 phases. First for neck swelling, second for collection in the neck and third for the chest swelling, it took us 3 months to complete all the three phases and could successful save the child’s life.”

Earlier the child was suspected to have Asthma and was treated for that, however after observing no relief, a CT scan diagnosis was performed and it revealed tow lumps in the neck and chest.

Explain further about the disorder, Dr. Ratnakar said that such deformities are caused due to the genetic composition or due to nutritional deficiencies during the pregnancy which later get transferred from the mother to the child.

Till date there has been only two such cases recorded in the world and this is the third one. The first was recorded in China and second case in Pondicherry. Dr. Krishna Prasad, chief cardiothoracic surgeon said, “As a special case we have done deep studies on the deformities and at every point we had to calculate how much strength the child had recovered to put him through one more dose of Anesthesia and long hours of surgery. The swelling in the chest was due to accumulation of fluid and the lump in the chest was different from that of the neck. The fluid had to be removed using endoscopy without damaging chest structure.”