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AIIMS Doctors Successfully Remove Uterus of 22-Kg Woman via Keyhole Surgery
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News18•16-10-2026, 23:30
AIIMS Doctors Successfully Remove Uterus of 22-Kg Woman via Keyhole Surgery
- •Doctors at AIIMS Delhi successfully performed a laparoscopic hysterectomy on a 44-year-old woman weighing only 22 kg and standing 98 cm tall.
- •The patient suffered from severe short stature, fragile bones due to osteoporosis, hypertension, deep pelvic endometriosis, and adenomyosis.
- •A multidisciplinary team carefully planned the procedure, overcoming extreme positioning and anaesthesia challenges to avoid bone fractures.
- •The 90-minute minimally invasive surgery was successfully completed with the patient lying flat on her back.
- •The patient recovered well and was discharged from the hospital on the third day following the surgery.
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The 44-year-old woman suffered from extremely painful menstrual periods for nearly a year due to deep pelvic endometriosis and adenomyosis, alongside severe osteoporosis, hypertension, and short stature.
Doctors avoided the standard lithotomy position because her severe short stature and severely fragile bones would have put her at high risk of lower back and thigh bone fractures.
To avoid the risks associated with an epidural in a patient with weakened bones and a short neck, the anaesthesia team administered an ultrasound-guided abdominal block instead.
