Surgical Oncology
Overview
The Surgical Oncology department was started in the year 2017. The department has been instrumental in providing dedicated cancer care to the needy patients. We treat all the cancer patients and perform complex oncological surgeries including advanced laparoscopic, thoracoscopic cancer surgeries, Hepato pancreatico-biliary surgeries, Gastrointestinal malignancies, complex head & neck cancers, musculoskeletal cancers, breast and endocrine cancers, gynaecological cancers, urologic malignancies and oncological reconstructive procedures including breast oncoplastic surgeries.
The Department is led by well experienced oncologist for ethical and quality care. The department has performed hundreds of complex oncological surgeries in the last few years, with the mission of serving cancer patients and subsequently for a oncological outcome and improved quality of life in comparable to the leading oncological centres around the world. The department also provides rehabilitation of these patients occupationally, psychologically and physically.
Vision
To establish full fledged department and to improve the department of Surgical Oncology. To provide comprehensive surgical oncology care and multimodality treatment. To develop the department as one of the most preferred centre for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Mission
We provide dedicated cancer care to all the people of Puducherry and nearby districts of Tamilnadu. The department involves in creating cancer awareness to the community through rural camps and health education, for primary prevention and early detection of cancer.
Programme Specific Outcomes
Performed two left hepatectomies first of its kind, in the private colleges in Puducherry.
Have performed more than 15 commando procedures in the last 15 months
Performed Laryngopharygo-esophagetomy, first of its kind in the private Medical Colleges in Puducherry.
Transthoracic Esophagectomy has also been performed
Head of the Department
Facilities
- Investigations and evaluation of Cancer diagnosis
- Cancer treatment counselling
- Surgery for all type of cancers
- Rehabilitation of the cancer patients
Special Clinics
- Head & Neck Cancer Clinic – Monday ( 2.00 to 3.30PM
- Gynaecological Cancer Clinic – Tuesday (2.00 to 3.30PM)
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinic – Wednesday (2.00 to 3.30PM)
- Breast Cancer Clinic – Thursday (2.00 to 3.30PM)
Academics
- General Surgery post graduates are posted monthly in the department of surgical oncology
- Theory and Clinical oncology classes, seminar, Surgical demonstration continuing medical education (CME) for the residents of general surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and ENT.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Ravisankar Palaniappan. Correlation between body mass index and blood pressure indices, Handgrip strength and Handgrip endurance in underweight, normal weight And overweight adolescents. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Oct-Dec; 49(4):455-61.
- Krishna K, Parija SC, Ravisankar P. Diagnosis of Intestinal Amoebiais by using nested Polymerase Chain Reaction- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay: J Gastroenterol 2007: 42, 631-640.
- Carcinosarcoma of the gall bladder: report of an uncommon histological variant and a review of the literature. The Srilankan Journal of Surgery 2016;34(3):12-13.
- Krishnamurthy, A. Palaniappan, R. Osteosarcomas of the Head and Neck Region: A case series with a review of literature. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. (2017). doi:10.1007/s12663-017-1017-8.
- Palaniappan R, Krishnamurthy A, Rajaraman SS, Kumar RK. Management outcomes of pediatric and adolescent papillary thyroid cancers with a brief review of literature. Indian J Cancer 2018;55:105-10.
- ‘Ravisankar Palaniappan, Jayanthi Chandran, Damodarakumaran Purushothaman, Vijayaraghavan Nandhagopal. Epithelial Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Hard Palate: A case Report with Review of the Literature EMJ Oncol.. 2019;7.1:63-67.
- Jayanand Sunil Bhanu, Balasubramanian Venkitraraman, Ravisankar Palaniappan, Rama Ranganathan, Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri, et al. Prognostic factors and survival outcomes of surgical resection of huge hepatocellular carcinomas. J Gastrointest Canc (2020) 51:250-253. DOI 10.1007/s12029-019-00240-x.
- Sunil BJ, Ravisankar Palaniappan et al. Surgical Resection for Hepatoblastoma—Updated Survival Outcomes. J GastrointestCanc DOI 10.1007/s12029-017-0005-z
Ongoing Research
Comparison of surgical and pathological mucosal and skin margins in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma resections- Prospective study.
- Cancer awareness programs and educational talks for the schools, social workers.
- Cancer Screening Camps.
1) Halsted’s Oncology Quiz on 26.09.2019 for the Undergraduate students
2) CME on Gloves on 06.10.2019 for the medical and paramedical staffs.
3) Breast cancer screening camp was done in view of World Cancer Day.
Highlights
With reverence, It gives immense delectation and exuldation to share our small subdued milestone from the Department of Surgical Oncology. We have moved on from open surgeries to start advanced oncological laparoscopic surgeries. The anesthesia team led by venerated professor Dr. Krishna Prabhu, Dr. Suganya and others, and surgical team mentored by adorable Professor Dr. Selvakumar, and team included Dr. Appumathi, Postgraduates Dr. Sanjay, Dr. Priyanka and myself successfully performed Laparascopic Ultra Low Anterior ResectionResection for carcinoma rectum post neoadjuvant treatment. The procedure took 6 hours in total and it is one of the moment to treasure. The patient recovered well and got discharged. I thank everyone who helped us to start this and we hope to perform many more procedures in the future. I am delighted to share few intra operative pictures too. – Dr. Ravisankar. P.
