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Our complex pancreatic pseudocyst case was featured in the Times of India — a 24-year-old, unable to eat for three months, treated successfully with robotic surgery when endoscopy wasn't an option.
The Times of India covered the story of a 24-year-old patient treated at Manipal Hospital Whitefield for a pancreatic pseudocyst with walled-off necrosis. The condition had compressed his stomach to the point that every meal triggered severe pain and vomiting, leaving him unable to eat for three months and losing weight rapidly.
The standard first-line treatment, endoscopic (EUS-guided) drainage, had to be abandoned because the collection lay directly against major blood vessels. Rather than resorting to open surgery in a nutritionally depleted young patient, Dr. Manjunath Haridas performed a robotic transgastric pancreatic necrosectomy with internal drainage. The obstruction was relieved and the patient resumed eating within days.
The case reflects our approach at MH Surgery Clinic: endoscopy, laparoscopy, and robotics each have their place, and the right choice depends on the individual patient's anatomy and condition.
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