In an unusual incident, a 30-year-old delhi woman Aastha Mongia, who was treated at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi, was able to open her mouth for the first time. Aastha, who is currently working as senior manager at Punjab National Bank, was suffering from congenital disorder and was brought to the hospital in February.
The woman was suffering from this disorder for the past 30 years. Aastha’s jaw bone was connected to her skull bone from both sides of her mouth, because of which, she could never open her mouth and was alive only on fluids.
The patient’s family also revealed that with no opening passage in the mouth all of Aastha’s teeths decay gradually. The condition of the patient was crucial and no hospital was ready to operate. The patient and her family had earlier consulted doctors in leading hospitals of India, Dubai and United Kingdoms, before Dr. Rajeev Ahuja, Senior Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital agreed to take the case.
“When we saw the patient, we told the family that the surgery is very complex and excessive bleeding can also lead to death on the operation table. We convened a team of plastic surgery, vascular surgery and radiology department and decided to carry out this complex surgery after a lot of deliberations,” said Dr. Rajeev Ahuja.
