Doctors at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) created history by successfully operating world's youngest large brain tumour patient.
The 16-month-old patient was referred to the PGIMER with loss of vision.
MRI revealed a calcified brain tumour at the base of the skull.
After a six-hour-long surgery, child was kept in ICU and recovered very well.
Surgeon Dr Dhandapani SS said, "This is child is the youngest in the world in with we have done a complex endoscopic surgery through the nose for removal of such a tumour.
In such a small child it has never been attempted in the world.
Till date the youngest child to undergo such surgery was two-years-old."
