For 1-year-old Muhammadjon Hakimov from Uzbekistan, coming to India was literally meant getting his voice back. Suffering from wrong medical treatment in his country,? Hakimov came to India in a critical condition and now he got his voice back courtesy a life saving surgery carried out by the doctors.
Hakimov was diagnosed with ¡®Laryngeal web formation¡¯ which is a rare anomaly found in 1 in 10,000 births. In this condition, the child¡¯s larynx contains a layer of web-like tissue which partially obstructs windpipe cause frequent shortness of breath and other symptoms.?
Muhammadjon Hakimov with his mother, Photo: The New Indian Express
Laryngeal web is often a defect which remains present from birth, but in some cases, the laryngeal webs are acquired which often results in long-term intubation.
A successful surgery was carried out? by the doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals earlier this month.?
¡°At six months, the baby caught an infection which led to the development of stridor, an abnormal, high-pitched sound caused by disrupted airflow,¡± Dr Ameet Kishore, senior consultant, ENT, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals told The New Indian Express.
Hakimov had undergone an emergency tracheostormy in Uzbekistan which refers to a surgical procedure through which an opening (a hole) is created in the neck upward? the air-pipe propagate smooth breathing.?
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Hakimov grew with a permanent hole in the neck in a year to the procedure which resulted in him unable to speak.
A team of doctors led by Dr Suresh? Singh Naruka, consultant, ENT, surgically? corrected the laryngeal web which resulted in the start the airflow through the respiratory track. The doctors also closed the opening in the neck create to help the child breathe.
¡°Since the child was young, the surgery required a concentrated and delicate approach,¡± Dr Naruka said. ¡°After the surgery, the child¡¯s breathing pattern became normal and he even started to speak normally, whereas earlier he was not able to utter even a single word.¡±