MADURAI: Doctors at Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital in Madurai had successfully performed endovascular repair for a 70-year-old man who was diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm which is a dangerous bulge in the main blood vessel of his abdomen that could have burst at any moment leading to his death.
This minimally invasive endovascualr repair done here for this male patient from Mudukalathur near here in October 2024 was similar to the surgical procedure performed for superstar actor Rajinikanth at a private hospital in Chennai last year.
A press meet was organized in Madurai yesterday-February 28th 2025- where the cardiology team and vascular experts had explained about the Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EAVR) that was done successfully for the male patient at Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital here and those who briefed the media include Dr.R.Sivakumar, Head of Department, Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Dr.Prabhu Kumarappan Chidambaram, vascular surgeon, Dr.N.Ganesan, senior consultant, Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Dr.M.Sampath Kumar, senior consultant, Dr.Selvamani, senior consultant and Dr.Jeyapandian, senior consultant along with Dr.Thomas Xavier, associate consultant and Dr.S.Kumar, Head of Department, Cardiac Anaesthesiology.
“We know that actor Rajinikanth had a surgery in a Chennai hospital last year. This surgery is also same and similar to that. Our patient is now normal and coming for follow-up. This is called endovascular repair and the this advanced EVAR technique in our hospital has a significant advantage because only local anesthesia was given. The medical team sued specialized closure devices at the groin entry points. The senior citizen patient completed his three-months followup. He is now normal,” the medical team told reporters at the press meet on February 28th 2025.
Dr.Sivakumar and Dr.Prabhu said that the patient came to the hospital with severe abdominal pain and after through diagnosis it was found that he had a dangerous bulge in his abdominal aorta, a bulge that was quite large measuring 7.2 cms.
“Thanks to the advanced treatment facilities available at our Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital in Madurai, a precise endovascular repair was done successfully,” Dr.Prabhu added.
