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Rare surgery performed on man from West Bengal

Staff Reporter

Left-sided facial pain traced to tumour in the last trigeminal nerve in brain

MADURAI : A rare surgery was performed on Narayanachandra Biswas (34) of West Bengal for complaints of left-sided facial pain at the Department of Neuro Science in Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre here recently.

According to a press release from the centre, after investigations, a tumour in the last trigeminal nerve in the brain was found.

The tumour was operated by a technically difficult skull base approach and was totally excised.

A team of surgeons, which was led by doctor K. Selvamuthukumaran, consultant neurosurgeon, and included Dr. Viajaya, consultant neurosurgeon, and doctor Rajesh, anaesthetist, performed the surgery.

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