Committed to continuous investment in the most advanced technologies in cancer care, Apollo Cancer Centres in association with Datar Cancer Genetics brings a revolutionary blood test that can detect breast cancers at early stages in asymptomatic individuals with high accuracy, thus enabling timely diagnosis and treatment to save lives.

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, a leading tertiary care hospital, successfully performed a laminectomy with removal of the clot compressing the spinal cord on a 96-year-old paralysed female patient. She is one of the oldest people to undergo successful spine surgery. The procedure was performed over 2 hours by the team of doctors of Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai. The patient could stand in an erect position the very next day of surgery.

Apollo Hospitals has collaborated with ConnectedLife, leaders in the application of motor state diagnostics, to integrate Apollo’s AICVD tool with ConnectedLife’s digital solutions for wellness, condition management and other health-focused applications. The AICVD tool can predict the risk of cardiovascular disease. This will empower healthcare providers with the tools to predict the risk of cardiac disease in their patients and initiate intervention early enough to make a real difference.

A 44-year-old woman from US underwent a Robotic Bariatric Surgery for being abnormally overweight and diabetic. The US national, of Indian origin, was struggling with obesity that had led to uncontrolled diabetes along with hypothyroidism, hypertension, GERD and Obstructive Sleep Apnea for the past 7 years. Her complication had worsened in the past year and she was unable to lose weight through traditional methods. While the patient was advised surgery in the US, she however opted to come to India to get the surgery on the advice of her friends and family.

Apollo Institute of Colorectal Surgery has successfully completed more than 500 robotic colorectal surgeries over six years. The Apollo Institute of Colorectal Surgery began offering cutting-edge minimally invasive robotic surgical techniques and technology in the treatment of patients with colorectal diseases, especially colorectal cancer since 2016.

A team of doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore gave a new lease of life to a 45-year-old patient by performing a complex Robotic Mitral Valve Repair surgery. The patient from Mysuru was admitted to the hospital with the symptom of acute shortness of breath. He was affected with COVID earlier and diagnosed with a severely leaking Mitral Valve. He underwent the technically advanced Robotic Mitral Valve Repair, which lasted for 90 minutes. He was removed from the ventilator 2 hours after surgery and made to walk.

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai has showcased two unique complex cases with life-threatening brain aneurysms that were successfully treated by the endovascular route with an advanced ‘Contour Device’. The patients could not be treated through conventional means due to the location of aneurysms, wide neck nature of the aneurysm and medical co morbidities. However, the interventional neurology team led by Dr.

Diagnosed with a rare condition, Synovial Chondromatosis, associated with the hip joint, a 50-year-old man from Africa was successfully treated at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. Synovial Chondromatosis is a rare, benign condition of the hip where the lining of the joint (synovium) proliferates and undergo a metaplasia (an abnormal change in tissue) to produce either cartilaginous or bony loose bodies inside the joint. It can severely damage joints, causing osteoarthritis leading to lifelong disability. The condition has tendency to recur and largely effect the knee joint.

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai has successfully performed a minimally invasive procedure using a transcatheter technique. A 64-year-old woman successfully underwent a trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). The procedure was performed in 2 hours by the doctors of Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai. The patient has recovered well.

Doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru have successfully conducted a Robotic Pediatric Cardiac Surgery on a nine-year-old boy diagnosed to have a hole in the heart. If left untreated, the boy faced the risk of irreversible damage to his lungs and heart. The team of doctors led by Dr. Sathyaki Nambala, Chief Surgeon, Robotic and Minimally, Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, successfully completed the surgery in 60 minutes. This Robot assisted cardiac surgery is a first of its kind in the country, in the given pediatric age group.