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8 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 1

SRM doctors use advanced endoscopic

treatment to save senior citizen

STAFF WRITTER
SRM Medical College Hospital
and Research Centre (SRM
MCHRC) in Kattakulathur has
been performing a wide range
of rare lifesaving procedures at
affordable rates. Some of the rare
cases, which most doctors were
not able to diagnose or cure, have
been treated successfully here.
SRM emerges winners of In the same line now a team of by taking a biopsy. He was with oral diet advice after 48
doctors here has successfully evaluated further by imaging hours. Three months post-
software edition of ‘Smart cured a patient with gastric and was diagnosed to have procedure, Subburama Reddy is
cancer.
early gastric cancer (Paris IIc).
doing well. Endoscopy helped
India Hackathon 2020’ Subburama Reddy (name The doctors decided for an this patient by early diagnosis
changed) a 72-year-old male advanced endoscopic procedure of cancer in the stomach and
came to SRM MCHRC in known as Endoscopic Submucosal with the availability of advanced
STAFF WRITTER The team built a Medical March 2020 with complaints Dissection (ESD) where the endoscopic equipment and
Lab Report digitization and of indigestion and abdominal cancer tissue is endoscopically expertise we were able to
Team Carboxy from the standardization system with rich bloating sensation. As part of the resected without the need for successfully remove cancer
Department of Computer user experience and detailed evaluation, he underwent upper surgery. in the stomach endoscopically
Science Engineering (CSE) at analytics. The platform also GI endoscopy at the Department and avoid major surgery.
the SRM Institute of Science delivers ML-powered insights of Medical Gastroenterology. Subburama Reddy underwent ESD is an advanced endoscopic
and Technology (SRMIST), on user’s health. The solution the procedure on 10 March 2020 procedure that is performed
Kattankulathur, has emerged will help the user to store and He was found to have a small and cancer in the stomach was
as the national winners of the comprehend his/her lab reports ulcer in the stomach which was successfully resected after a to remove gastrointestinal
software edition of ‘Smart India even if they aren’t aware of the further evaluated by image 90 minutes procedure under tumours. It has now started
Hackathon 2020’ held recently. medical terms. Machine Learning enhanced endoscopy called anaesthesia. The patient did gaining popularity in India. With
The team Carboxy consisting powered recommendations will Narrowband Imaging and was not have any post-procedure increasing public awareness
diagnosed to have a cancer complaints or discomfort and patients can undergo Upper GI
of six students - Blessin George help the user to be proactive in stomach which was confirmed was discharged from the hospital Endoscopies.
Varghese (Team Leader), T.R. terms of staying healthy. For the
Rohith, Subhashree Hazra, Arpit organization, it provides a very
Sharma, Chirag Gomber, and interactive dashboard with very
Siddhant Thakur represented detailed analytics! They were
SRMIST in the national finale. working on improving their SRM doctors cure patient with
solution during the lockdown
The team worked on the and were able to deliver a
problem statement put forward solution that was appreciated benign lesion in pancreas
by Bajaj Finserv’s HealthRx by the evaluators.
in order to come up with an
innovative way to bring up a The evaluators also expressed STAFF WRITTER She underwent surgery recently,
healthier India. interest in taking the solution and a large cyst of 10x11x7
forward to a product. The
SRM Medical College Hospital cm was noted over the distal
“ The platform team said that it was a unique and Research Centre (SRM aspect of the pancreas. Distal
experience in attending this
MCHRC) in Kattankulathur is pancreatectomy was performed;
also delivers online hackathon. They had to known for having treated and and as the splenic vein was found
discuss, design, and develop cured patients with rare medical closely adherent to the cyst wall,
ML-powered while being connected virtually. conditions. One such patient it was decided to proceed with
A few of the team members
insights on - Blessin George Varghese, T.R is a 58-years-old woman who a splenectomy (removal of the
was successfully treated and spleen). Postoperative period
user’s health. Rohith, and Subashree Hazra - cured with a Benign lesion of was uneventful as she responded
well to the treatment.
the pancreas.
had won SIH previously.
The solution will Smart India Hackathon is Radha (name changed) Histopathological examination
a nationwide initiative by the came to SRM MCHRC with of the excised mass revealed a
help the user Government of India (GoI) to complaints of abdominal pain mucinous cystadenoma of the
for two weeks. She had no other pancreas. Though a malignancy
to store and provide students with a platform symptoms such as no history of is always suspected and must
to solve some of the pressing
comprehend his/ problems faced in daily lives, nausea, no loss of appetite, no be ruled out, this patient had
loss of weight and had normal a benign tumour which was
and thus inculcate a culture bowel and bladder movements. diagnosed promptly quite early
her lab reports of product innovation and a However, she was diabetic and and removed successfully. Her
mindset of problem-solving. was on treatment for the same quality of life post-procedure
even if they Thousands of students participate for the last two years. remains good, and she continues
at different nodal centres in the treatment for her diabetes alone.
aren’t aware national grand finale. Smart Evaluations such as MRCP,
India Hackathon is conducted CT Abdomen and Endoscopic Not all tumours are malignant,
of the medical every year since 2017 in two Ultrasound were performed on some can be benign and be

terms. “ formats i.e. SIH Software and her and she was diagnosed having treated completely if diagnosed
a cystic lesion of the pancreas. accurately early on dent
SIH Hardware Editions.