Another first in Sri Lanka 14 December 2020 02:56 am - 0
For the first time in Sri Lanka, a one-and-half-year-old girl, whose cancer-ridden humerus bone has successfully
been replaced after destroying the cancer cells using a high dose of radiotherapy by Specialists at the Karapitiya General Hospital.
The remarkable surgery had lasted about eight and a half hours.
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon Dr Janath Liyanage at Karapitya and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Dr Kaushal Karunarathne at Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital had carried out the surgery.
The baby girl had cancer called Ewing’s Sarcoma in her humerus.
Therefore she had undergone chemotherapy treatment for several months. When the treatment had not been effective, the consultants decided to perform a surgery without amputating her hand.