എ.ഐ സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യയും അത്യാധുനിക ലേസർ ടെക്നോളജിയും സമന്വയിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെ ശസ്ത്രക്രിയകളിൽ ഉയർന്ന കൃത്യത ഉറപ്പാക്കുവാനും രോഗിക്ക്കൂടുതൽ ആശ്വാസം പകർന്ന് വേഗത്തിൽ സുഖപ്രാപ്‌തി ലഭ്യമാക്കുവാനും സാധിക്കുമെന്ന് വി.പി.എസ് ലേക്ക്ഷോർ ആശുപത്രിയിലെ മിനിമലി ഇൻവേസീവ്
ശസ്ത്രക്രിയ വിഭാഗം മേധാവിയും കൺസൾട്ടന്റുമായ ഡോ. ആർ. പദ്‌മകുമാർ.

എ.ഐ അധിഷ്ടിത ലേസർശസ്ത്രക്രിയകൾക്ക് കൂടുതൽ കൃത്യതയും ഫലപ്രാപ്‌തിയും ഉറപ്പ് നൽകാനാകുന്നു. വളരെ ചെറിയ മുറിവുകൾ മാത്രം അവശേഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ശസ്ത്രക്രിയക്ക്ശേഷം, രോഗിക്ക് തുടരെ ഡോക്ടറെ കാണേണ്ട സാഹചര്യമോ ദീർഘകാലം മരുന്ന് കഴി ക്കേണ്ട ആവശ്യമോ ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കില്ല.

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• Shri Adv. M Anil Kumar, Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation
• Shri Kummanam Rajasekharan, Former Governor of Mizoram
• Shri P. T. Thomas, MLA, Thrikkakara
• Shri T. J. Vinod, MLA, Ernakulam
• Prof. Dr M C Misra, Ex-Director, AIIMS, New Delhi, Ex-President Cum Vice Chancellor, MGUMST, Jaipur
• Smt. T K Padminiamma, Retd. Head Mistress, Govt. LVHS, Mynagapally, Kollam
• Smt. Shantha Vijayan, Councillor, Edappally.
• IMA President Dr T.V Ravi
• President of Medical Tourism forum Mr Aboobacker
• Celebrity guest Ms Jeemol Jaibin – Model & Actress

Speeches were also given by Dr Vijaykumar M, Vice Chancellor – Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Dr Sohan Roy, Founder Chairman & CEO of Aries Group of Companies, Sharjah, Dr Nandakumar K P, Amrita Homeo Medical Centre, Faculty, Hahnemann’s College of Homoeopathy, London.

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Obesity Clinic | Scarless Neck Surgery | Hernia Clinic | Keyhole Surgery | Piles – Fistula Clinic | Cancer Surgery Clinic | Varicose Vein Clinic | Diabetic Foot Clinic | General Surgery | Gastro Surgery | Orthopedics | Comprehensive Liver Care – Liver Transplants and Surgery | General Medicine | Family Medicine | Cardiology | Gynaecology | Pediatrics | Spine Surgery | ENT | Radiology | Gastroenterology | Clinical Nutrition

Keyhole Clinic – Center for Obesity

Keyhole Clinic is the center for obesity and laparoscopy. Obesity is a disease and requires treatment.

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A 31-year-old woman, a native of Lakshadweep, who went through a life-threatening condition caused by a huge thyroid tumour which had grown into the chest cavity, was saved through a rare surgery at VPS Lakeshore Hospital.

The patient had developed severe stridor and was put on a ventilator as the tumour was blocking her respiratory passage completely. She also developed cardiorespiratory arrest and was intubated by an anaesthesiologist in Lakshadweep before she was airlifted to Kochi with the ventilator support. The mission of shifting the critically ill patient was carried out by four doctors.

Her evaluation showed a huge tumour of thyroid fully occupying the neck and had grossly shifted the respiratory passage or trachea. A CT scan showed that the tumour had grown into the chest and was compressing the heart, bronchus and major blood vessels. She was having lung and cardiac problems as well. The only option left to save the life of the patient was to remove the large tumour though it was a very risky task. Usually, thyroid and other neck tumours are removed by keyhole procedures with no neck scars. But for this patient, as her tumour was too large and extending into the mediastinum, it was decided to open the neck and mid part of the chest (sternum), according to Dr. R. Padmakumar, head of the department of minimally invasive surgery at the hospital who led the surgery.

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Indywood Medical Excellence Awards honoured Renowned healthcare practitioners and organisations at Hyderabad

04.12.2018, Hyderabad, India: The prestigious Indywood Medical Excellence Awards 2018 concluded successfully at HITEX, Hyderabad on 4th December 2018. The award was organised to recognize and felicitate healthcare practitioners and organisations for their relentless services to the society. The esteemed Award Presenter for the event were Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qahtani from Saudi Arabia (was with Saudi Aramco) and Mr Ravindra Arora, President of Bharat Cine and TV Writer & TV Writer Association. He is also the Committee Member (Dada SahebPhalke Academy, Western India Film Producers Association)

Recognizing the contributions, outstanding services and accomplishments spanning through a career in healthcare, Indywood Medical Excellence Award was bestowed upon the talented minds in the industry. Dr. R Padmakumar was awarded for Professional Excellence in Obesity (Bariatric Surgery) & Diabetes Surgery.

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A specialist in obesity and diabetes, Dr. R. Padmakumar is presently exerting his considerable intelligence in a bid to help alleviate lifestyle diseases in the Gulf. Dr. Padmakumar is the first surgeon to win approval from the UAE’s Ministry of Health to conduct keyhole excess fat removal surgery.

Given the prevalence of diabetes in the Gulf – with some estimates claiming that the disease accounts for some 40 percent of the UAE’s healthcare budget alone – Dr. Padmakumar’s techniques could make the difference for hundreds of patients in the region. He received his training in laparoscopy and cancer surgery from prestigious institutions including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, TATA Memorial Hospital, Mumbai andApollo Cancer Hospital , Chennai.

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Dr. R. Padmakumar’s achievements and honors pile up by the day. For a man who has done over 15000 laparoscopic surgeries till date, he is forever on the move and most of his halts are in the operation theaters around the world. In many countries Padmakumar has made his presence inevitable for his astute skill involved in complicated surgical procedures. He is well known in the international medical groups as one among the few surgeons adept at performing endoscopic thyroidectomy, thoracoscopy and bariatric surgery.

After securing a medical seat in Allaphuzha Medical College in 1986, Padmakumar moved to Delhi to pursue his post graduation at AIIMS and Moochand Hospital. It was in 1993 when laparoscopy had just been introduced in India. So by the end of his post graduation, he was exposed to the procedures of laparoscopy. The excellent training provided propelled Padmakumar to pursue it seriously. After post graduation, in 1997, he worked with Dr. Balakrishnan at Mavellikara where he began his laparoscopic procedures.

“When I got exposed to laparoscopic surgery during my post graduation, I was foreseeing the possibilities and breakthrough this could create with the advent of science and technology. Though I kept doing surgery, I ensured that I keep upgrading myself with all the developments and focused entirely on sharpening my skills”, begins Dr Padmakumar who is an International Consulting Surgeon for Dubai Government Hospital for endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery, a rare honor for an Indian Surgeon.

Surgeons learn many of the latest techniques by observation rather than formal classes. Surgeons record video of processes of certain surgeries and these are shared with their peers. Notes are exchanged for various surgeries and better procedures are always inculcated. Dr Padmakumar kept his eyes and ears open and with curiosity he got many insights on doing procedures with minimal invasion. Open procedures that were done in the abdomen were replaced with keyhole surgery. Keyhole surgeries need good skills and Padmakumar says as a surgeon, hooing skills was very important. In spite of having done three years of laparoscopic surgery and assisting world renowned surgeons, Padmakumar has spent too many hours on the trainer units (mock surgery unit without patients) before starting by himself.

“These surgeries require extreme precision because the surgeon needs to do it watching a screen, though it gives a twenty times magnified view of the surgery area. Along with it, I ensured that I attend all the conferences in the field from where I get many tips and an upper hand in surgeries,” elaborates Dr Padmakumar, who has conducted over 7000 laparoscopic hernia surgeries.

He underwent two specialized training in cancer surgeries at Apollo Hospital and at Tata Hospital, Mumbai. He was selected to work at Caritas Hospital for four years where his experience in laparoscopic surgery came in as an advantage. From there, he moved to Sunrise Hospital, Kochi, from where he delved into Obesity Surgeries and that is where the turning point in his career happened and he acknowledge the encouragement from Dr Hafeez Rahman.

Padmakumar noted that the Obesity Surgery was effective in controlling Diabetes and he was one among the first five in the world to do Diabetic resolution surgery. Dr Aureo de Paula from Brazil devised a technique called Ileal Interposition. It was a difficult operation to mimic. After watching the surgery in Hyderabad, Padmakumar modified and simplified the technique. This method got him worldwide attention and he was invited to present papers at the International Conference of metabolic surgeons in Canada and Vienna to elaborate on this new Hybrid Technique which Padmakumar and his team had invented and was published in the reputed International Journal of Surgical Innovation.

Dr Padmakumar is a sought after surgeon to conduct these surgeries in various parts of India. In the Gulf, Diabetes and Obesity were taking away 40% of the health expenses and he was invited by renowned hospitals in the Gulf to conduct these procedures. He has helped citizens from many countries in resolving diabetes and obesity and lead a healthy life. In recognition of his work, Dr Padmakumar was selected in the list of “100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf,” holding 28th position for the professional excellence and commitment in obesity and diabetes surgery.

His surgery precision and professionalism came to be known across the world when he and his team operated on a 39-year-old patient who came with severe bowel bleeding. This patient was rejected by major hospitals because the patient’s religious belief didn’t allow him to have the blood transfusion. Dr Padmakumar took up the risk and operated on him. This surgery is recorded as one of the most referred case in medical history that took up a patient with a hemoglobin of 2 g/dl for anesthesia and major bowel surgery without transfusing blood or blood products prior to, during or after surgery and saving the life without complications. He also has the World record of performing Endoscopic Branchial cyst removal in the youngest age ever reported (3-year-old girl).

Dr Padmakumar also successfully conducted endoscopic thyroidectomy and one of the first ones to do so. These procedures do not have any marks of surgery on the neck and gives confidence to the patient. He also trained his peers and colleagues in many of these highly complicated surgeries. Dr Padmakumar’s articles and innovative techniques got published in International Journals, the lectures and workshops at various International conferences, his large patient group across 28 countries and surgical education programs were recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons. Glasgow which conferred him a Fellowship (FRCS) for his substantial contribution to the specialty.

Dubai Government run hospital has over 25 skilled surgeons. Yet, Dr Padmakumar’s expertise is sought by the country regularly to conduct endoscopic surgery for tumors in thyroid and parathyroid gland. He provides his expertise in VPS Lakeshore Hospital,  and Keyhole Clinic, Kochi.

“Teamwork has been crucial to my success as an expert endoscopic surgeon and I really give my credit to my team in my success so far. I am highly indebted especially to Dr Madhukara Pai, Dr Farish and Ms Premna who has helped me tremendously in my professional growth,” concludes Dr Padmakumar.

With more power comes more responsibility and through various societies and organizations, Padmakumar is spreading the knowledge to his juniors with an aim to bring comfort to patients. He had conducted various National and International Conferences in Surgical Laparoscopy. The training programs are coordinated by Verwandeln Institute, Kochi. All these endeavors were very actively supported by Prof. Dr. M. C. Misra the Director fo AIIMS, New Delhi. Dr Padmakumar has donned many caps such as National President of Indian Hernia Society, Vice President of Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of India, Founder Member – Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India and Founder Member – Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India. Outside India, he is an International Faculty of IASGO on Hernia and Diabetic Surgery. IFSO on Diabetic Surgery and Associate Editor: Diabetes and Obesity International Journal.

For all his achievements awards and accolades have followed Padmakumar. The Global Achievers Award in UAE – 2014. Voice of Gulf Returnees Excellence Award – 2016 and icons of Helathcare Singapore Award for excellence in laparoscopy are some among them.

He is supported by his wife, Dr Deepthy, Ophthalmologist, daughter Divya pursuing a degree in Psychology and mother Mrs Padminiamma.

After the conversation, Dr Padmakumar left hurriedly for a surgery fixed for a patient suffering from Cancer. He reminded me that in case if he doesn’t pick up his call, it essentially means that he is in the operation theater.

By Aswin Nandakumar

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Singapore July 24, 2017: Dr. R. Padmakumar, Senior Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon, Kochi was recently presented the Award for Excellence in Laparoscopy at the 2nd Icons of Healthcare Summit & Awards in Singapore on July 21, 2017.

Dr. R. Padamakumar has undergone training from prestigious institutions – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, andTata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, after MBBS from Medical College, Alleppey. Has very good patient numbers treated from world over (at Dubai and India) so far from 28 countries.

He is one of the unique surgeon in the world who has performed Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery, Thoracoscopy, and Bariatric surgeries with equal ease and excellent outcome. He was also invited as international visiting specialist surgeon to perform Endoscopic Thyroid surgeries at the prestigious Dubai Hospital by the Dubai Health Authority, a rare honor for a surgeon.

Dr. Padmakumar was selected in the list of “100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf”, among 40 lakh Indians, holding 28th position for the professional excellence and commitment in obesity and diabetes surgery in 2012.

He was also invited as faculty on Obesity Surgery and Laparoscopic Hernia at IASGO 2012 (The 22nd World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists) held at Bangkok, Thailand.

An FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons – Glasgow, Dr Padmakumar has performed more than 6000 hernia surgeries laparoscopically and has trained more than 200 surgeons in the procedure. He is also the first to start diabetic surgery in the state for non-obese category (5th in the world) and perform scarless bariatric surgery with abdominoplasty.

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Three years old girl weighing only 10 kg was operated successfully through endoscopic method. Girl child hailing from Oman was suffering from a rare congenital condition called branchial cyst of second branchial cleft. The swelling had grown in such a size that she was finding it difficult to bend neck.

She was successfully treated by endoscopic surgery by a team led by Dr. R Padmakumar. The procedure was carried out through a 10 mm cut in the axilla (armpit) and nearby two 3 mm cuts. The entire swelling closely adherent to the main blood vessels (the carotid and jugular veins) and nerve to diaphragm was safely and completely removed. This kind of operation in the neck; that too for such young kid, was performed for the first time in the world. “The team’s expertise in doing endoscopic thyroidectomies for many patients really helped in successfully completing this unique procedure” said Dr. R. Padmakumar. As there is no cut in the neck child revived fast and could go back to Oman in three days time. Dr. Madhukara Pai, Dr. Mary Varghese, Dr. Shaji P.G and Dr. Sayooj Mukundan were part of this historic surgical procedure.

View publications in Journal of Pediatric Surgeryfor more details

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