KGMU Doctors Perform Miracle Surgery, Remove 6-Cm Glass Shard From Man's Brain Through Eye

Doctors at King George's Medical University (KGMU) have once again proven their exceptional skill. A team from the Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology (Eye) and Anesthesiology departments successfully performed an extremely difficult operation, not only saving a young man's eyesight but also giving him a new lease on life.

In a road accident, a six-centimeter-long piece of glass went through the patient's eye, pierced the membrane, and lodged itself in his brain. In such cases, there is a serious risk of brain fluid leakage, which makes saving the patient's life very difficult. The marathon surgery was a complete success, saving both the man's life and his vision.

According to KGMU spokesperson Professor KK Singh, the patient is recovering quickly and will be discharged from the hospital soon. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sonia Nityanand, congratulated the entire surgical team for their achievement.

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A Fake Windshield Nearly Cost Life

The Head of the Neurosurgery Department, Professor BK Ojha, explained that the patient, Ramu Yadav from Siddharthnagar, is an auto-rickshaw driver by profession. On August 3rd, the front windshield of his auto shattered in a road accident. The windshield was a fake one; if it had been a proper safety glass, it would have crumbled into many small, harmless pieces. Instead, it broke into large, sharp shards.

One of these shards, six centimeters long, pierced Ramu's right eye and went all the way into his brain. He lost a lot of blood from his eye and also suffered a throat injury that made it difficult for him to breathe.

Seeing his critical condition, Ramu's family rushed him to several hospitals. He was referred from his local hospital to Gorakhpur, and from there to a private corporate hospital in Lucknow. At the private hospital, doctors inserted a tube in his throat to help him breathe, which gave him some relief, but they couldn't treat the piece of glass lodged in his eye and brain. Finally, feeling hopeless, the family brought him to the KGMU Trauma Center.

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Here, Dr Ankur Bajaj of the Neurosurgery department examined him and ordered a CT scan, which confirmed that the glass had reached his brain. After a complex operation that lasted about three and a half hours, the doctors successfully saved both his life and his eye.

The surgical team mainly included Professor Ankur Bajaj, Dr Mitrajit, and Dr Sahil from Neurosurgery, Dr Brijesh Pratap Singh from Anesthesiology and Dr Gautam and Dr Priyanka from the Eye department.

Professor KK Singh also mentioned that the entire treatment cost around Rs 50,000.