Indita and complex surgery to remove a tumor from the neck

Professionals from the San Juan Bautista Hospital operated for the first time a complex surgery to remove a tumor located in the cartilaginous artery.

Large-scale surgical intervention in a 57-year-old patient has been successful and is indicative in Catamarca's public health system.

The operation of excision of the carotid tumor, which lasted more than five hours, was performed by a team composed entirely of hospital doctors who worked together to perform the new surgery.

The team consisted of head and neck surgeon Rodrigo Argaaraz; the vascular surgeon, Alejandro Tula and the team of professionals in the central operating room

Although carotid body tumors are rare, the cases treated so far here have to be solved by l & # 's Referral to more complex health centers; therefore, in terms of health, these interventions signify great progress for the public health system.

Rodrigo Argaaraz, a specialist head and neck surgeon, commented on the surgical procedure of a tumor that grows in the carious artery, which is the artery that carries the blood to the brain, it comes from cells that measure the concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide that are called chemoreceptors. The tumor was born and grew very slowly, in this case the patient did not show symptoms, only that the tumor was palpable, it is easily confused with another pathology, as with a ganglion in the neck, a cyst. It's a 57-year-old patient who has had the tumor for quite some time, the surgery lasted more than five hours, interventions that may have some complications and the truth that went very well.

About the result of the operation, the doctor explained that the balance is very good, the patient is not complicated, during the surgery there were some small hemorrhages that were difficult to control because the tumor is highly irrigated and it reaches a lot blood

In relation to the evolution of the patient, Argaaraz commented that she is already high, she must already come back when she has l? pathological study, in a few weeks and depending on the result, it is more likely to control a couple of years taking into account the outcome of the pathology that is what interests.

The professional expressed his satisfaction at having performed a complex operation in the public hospital.

In this sense, he stressed that we are trained in surgery in this hospital, after we had a training outside, in my case in Mar del Argent, in surgery of the head and the neck. It was a pride to be able to offer this type of intervention to people who do not have social work or other resources in a public hospital.