Latest Technology and Indian Innovative Surgical technique used to cure a Lung disease patient
Babushahi Network
Mohali, January 15, 2026: A 73 year old very sweet frail lady from TriCity was suffering from a large tumour in the left lung which was not responding to maximal medical therapy . She was referred to Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Director of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at the Park Grecian Hospital, Mohali.
Dr Bedi – who was earlier at the Escorts Heart Delhi and St Vincent’s Sydney – examined and investigated the patient in detail . He stated that the patient was frail and malnourished and at this age one is worried that the mass may be a cancer . Initial needle biopsy was inconclusive and time was of the essence.
A major lung surgery to remove the mass was planned . It carried the risk of developing a dreaded complication – a post operative broncho pleural fistula – BPF. This is basically a leak in the airway after surgery and is potentially fatal . It has a higher risk in such frail elderly patients .
Surgery - Left upper lobectomy – under special double lung anaesthesia with the latest bronchial blockers by Cardiac Anaesthetist Dr Priyanka Goyal was meticulously carried out . The risk of a BPF was reduced by using technology (the latest stapler cutter) combined with a surgical innovative technique – the Bedi-IMA buttress – which was invented by Dr Bedi . This technique has been validated and published in surgical journals and presented multiple times at National and International conferences. Dr Bedi explained that basically we use the patients own healthy tissues to buttress the raw area so that it does not disrupt.
This worked well and the patient made a quick and complete recovery.
It is a matter of great pride that this simple effective new surgical technique has been devised in India. It has been used by a number of other Thoracic surgeons all over the World and they have been extremely happy with the results.
Dr Bedi explained that any patient who gets short of breath or cough which does not respond to a short course of therapy should be immediately investigated further so that the disease is caught in time. The latest technologies are now available in Mohali and no patient needs to go to Delhi or abroad as they used to earlier.