Successful surgery of Mucormycosis without leaving a scar on the face, at GMERS

Dr. Hiren Soni surgeon of the ear, nose, and throat department of the hospital says that for the first time in Vadodara and probably in Gujarat, retro orbit clearance with eyeball preservation surgery was performed.

Mucormycosis is a painful disease in which the organs like the jaw, palate, eyes get affected by black or other types of fungus and it has to be removed to save the life of the patient.

In these circumstances, the ENT surgeon of the GMERS hospital, Gotri, Dr. Hiren Soni has performed guiding surgery in Vadodara. With the help of the endoscopic system and the state-of-the-art Microdebrider machine, has performed nine prevalent surgeries called Orbital Clearance with Eye Ball Preservation. Simply put, this is a surgery that preserves the aesthetics of the face, mostly by keeping the eyeballs and good muscles of the conjunctiva affected by the fungus intact.

Dr. Hiren Soni said that looking at the faces of those who underwent this surgery a few days ago, they are in dilemma about the surgery. The brightness of the eye is lost due to the effect of the fungus which cannot be restored but it is also a matter of great satisfaction to keep the aesthetics of the face intact with this surgery.

This surgery involves the use of endoscopy and a microscopic debridement to preserve the eyeballs, remove the fungus-damaged parts of the back of the eye, and preserve the good muscles. Not an eye surgeon but an ENT surgeon cleans the damaged part of the eye through the nose with the help of these devices.

He said that according to the effect of the fungus, the internal cleansing of the eye, the part of the palate, the part of the jaw that has been damaged, is removed by surgery. The surgery is performed with such precision that no incisions, cuts, or stitches appear on the outer face.

So far two female and one male patient have benefited from this initiative surgery. Although they cannot regain the vision of the eye, but this surgery will help to keep the beauty and self-confidence intact by saving the patient’s face from being distorted.