Specialist in Palliative Procedures (Pleural Tapping, ICD insertion, Ascitic tapping).

Cancer surgeries cause extreme pain to the patient. 70% and above patients go through pain during treatment.

The rest of them go through higher levels of diseases. The voltage pain decides the quality of the treatment. The palliative procedure is to minimize the pain of the patient to a large extent. It is also known as Cancer directed surgery. It removes the cancer tissue.

There is non-cancer-directed surgery as well which handles nerve block procedures or stent placement to deaden the obstruction.

Pleural tapping : Pleural tapping is known as thoracentesis to pull out the fluid from the lining space outside the lungs and the wall of the chest. When there is an excess accumulation between the layers then the procedure takes place.

ICD insertion : A chest tube is a narrow plastic tube that an oncologist inserts into the tracheal space. This is the area between the chest walls and the lungs. It may be used in cases of collapsed lungs, delivering fluid, or delivering medications.

Ascitic tap : A medical method where a sharp narrow object is used to drain the fluid trapped in the internal body cavity, mostly in the belly.

Reasons:
• Fluid stretching the abdomen
• Infected fluid
• Analysis of fluid suspecting disease.

Dr HarshavardhanAnnadanam has years of experience in conducting palliative procedures. He is an MBBS, DNB, D.M. Medical Oncologist, Chemotherapy Specialist, proficient hematologist, certified in bone marrow transplantation.

He is a specialist in handling chemotherapy solid tumors and an expert in Oncology, Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, hematological malignancies.

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