HT Correspondent
Varanasi, December 27
“VIDEO ASSISTED Thoracoscopy (VAT) is an easier and cheaper procedure for the management of lung-related disorders in Indian set up,” noted surgeon of Thane, Dr HS Bhanushali said here today.
He was delivering Col. Pandalai oration on ‘Evolution and status of general thoracic surgery’ at ‘ASICON-06’ organised by the Association of Surgeons of India at Swatantrata Bhawan in Banaras Hindu University.
Dr Bhanushali credited to have introduced VAT therapy in India in the year 1991, said, “VAT is easy to do and has less morbidity and mortality. Adhesion of the lung, hydropneumothiorax, excision of pulmonary bulla is the easily done procedure,” he said.He also advised the surgeons to get acquainted with this procedure. “For cancer of the esophagus, paraspinal surgeries this procedure is in use by the famous surgeons of India,” he said, adding that due to prevalence of tuberculosis of lung, open thoracotomy would remain as procedure of choice for decortication of the lung.
President of the Association of Surgeons of India, Dr. KS Gopinath delivered presidential oration on ‘A tribute to legend’. Giving tribute to a legend, he described how late Prof. KN Udupa (founder of Institute of Medical Sciences in BHU) started his childhood in Kateel village of Karnataka where grazing cattle was his main hobby.
“From this stage, he reached to the stage when Government of India had honoured him with Padamshree,” he said, adding “Prof. Udupa was trained by Col Mirajker who was also a doyen of ASI. He send Prof. Udupa to Michigan for training in surgery and from there he never looked back and established IMS in BHU, which was first recognised by British Medical Council.”
Prof. MW Buechler of Switzerland delivered a lecture on ‘Surgery of pancreatic cancer’. Two symposiums on ‘Update in vascular surgery’ and ‘Colorectal section’ were held today. Dr. U Vasudeva Rao of Bangalore gave introduction and overview of ‘Update in vascular surgery’ whereas Dr Kumud Rai of Pune dwelt upon ‘Imaging and vascular conduits’.
Dr. Tongokar of Mumbai delivered a lecture on ‘Testicular tumors’ whereas Dr. Radhakrishna of Bangalore discussed in detail about ‘Undescended testis’. Dr. Kushal Mittal of Thane dwelt upon ‘Aetiopathology and classification’ whereas Dr. PN Joshi of Mumbai delivered a lecture on ‘Concepts behind management of fistula’. Richard David Rosin of UK delivered a guest lecture on ‘Management of malignant melanoma’ while Dr. Prateek Mehrotra of Lucknow dwelt upon ‘Breast cancer and persistent organo-chlorine pesticide exposure among Indian women: A possible association’.