Shija Hospital achieves another milestone
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2016:
Shija Hospital claimed to have set another
medical feat for successfully
performing five Ultrasound
Guided Endo Vascular LA-
SER surgery for varicose veins
(enlarged and twisted blood
vessels mainly found on the
legs) for the first time in North
Eastern India.
According to a statement,
the surgeries were performed
by a team of doctors led by
Dr Sidartha Lukram, super
specialist � Consultant
Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Surgeon, Shija Hospitals.
The cost of the surgery is
significantly lower as com-
pared to the cost in other
major cities of India, it said.
Advantages of LASER
treatment for Varicose Veins
include no cutting, no
stitches, thus it is painless and
scar-less, patients can walk
immediately after the treat-
ment, no hospitalization is
required and patients can
resume normal duty after 48
hrs, it claimed.
Department of
Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Sciences at Shija Hospitals
also plans to perform Spider
Naevi operation in the near
future, the statement added.