Impacted Fish Bone Makes Swallowing Food Horrifying
Avinash Tahkur, a 45 year male patient resident of Palghar came to me with pain in chest and difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia) since one month. He took treatment form local doctors but with no relief. It was extremely difficult for him to swallow and he would take only liquids. If he would eat solids he would get excruciating pain in chest and would immediately throw out the food. Both he and his wife appeared quiet...
Blood vomiting – Almost died
Dissecting the stomach from omentum A rare surgery for a rare disease Sushma Bagwe came with severe blood vomiting and with feeble pulse and blood pressure. An emergency upper GI scopy was performed by me as the bleeding was profuse. With all the blood in stomach it was a tricky job. I noticed that she had a tumor growing in her stomach that was heavily bleeding. This tumor did not appear like a typical stomach cancer or a peptic...
Misdiagnosis can lead to rupture of appendix
Mr Khokan Roy, 30 yr resident of Bhyander came in emergency with complaints of pain in abdomen & vomiting since 3 days. So far he was taking treatment from a local general practitioner, who just gave him medicines thinking it to be acidity problem. Patient tolerated pain hoping to get better with his family doctor’s medicines. but his condition slowly deteriorated in next two days as he continued to vomit & have...
Intestinal Obstruction due to Stones
MRS R____ K________ , a 55 year old female was transferred from a local nursing home She was admitted in a local Nursing home with abdominal pain & vomiting. She was treated as a case of acidity. In spite of the treatment for a week, she did not improve. When she came to me, her symptoms were suggestive of intestinal obstruction (blockage). A CT scan of abdomen was undertaken. CT scan revealed that she had intestinal...
512 stones found in Gall bladder
(Dr. B C Shah recently performed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on Mr. N_____ G______ who had 512 stones!) Mr. N_____ G______ came to me with history of chronic pain in upper abdomen. The pain would get aggravated after meals. His sonography revealed that his gall bladder was distended & full of stones. I performed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on him. It was a difficult case as there were lot of adhesions. The gall bladder was...
It is not always Piles or Fissures!
A 19 yr boy studying in college came with complaints of constipation, bleeding & pain while defecating since 3 months. He had consulted many nearby family physicians. They told him that it was a piles problem and they had given him different types of oral laxatives and local ointments. However, unfortunately none of them had ever examined him. He was even advised piles surgery. He latter consulted an Ayurvedic...
About Me
Dr. Bimal Shah is the senior most General & Laparoscopic surgeon in Mira – Bhayandar with largest series of operations. He also consults at Borivali – Dahisar. He believes in ethical practice & is available at only trust hospitals. He passed out from KEM hospital, Mumbai in 1993 and was a lecturer training newer surgeons & medical students till 1998. View biodata >>>
