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Rare spine surgery
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 24
A rare keyhole surgery of the spine was performed at the Mukat Hospital and Heart Institute with the help of the latest technique called endoscopic micro discectomy, for the first time in the region.

A 30-year-old patient, Raj Kumar from Kaithal, had been diagnosed with having a slipped disc along with severe sciatica of the right leg. This surgery was performed on May 21, eliminating the need for big incision, extensive dissections, severe pain and longer hospital stay associated with traditional spine surgery.

Dr Mohinder Kaushal, spine and orthoscopy surgeon who operated upon Raj Kumar, said technological advances over the last decade had made spine surgery possible through small holes as a result of which the patient underwent much less pain and recovery was much faster.

Dr Kaushal said that the disc, which was pressing a nerve, was removed during the surgery, which was the main cause for the pain. He says the surgery was slightly more expensive and cost about Rs 40,000.

He added that with a much shorter hospital stay, the surgery cost came down considerably and the patient could be back to work at the earliest as recovery was very fast.

SPORTS

Babuta carrom tournament begins
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, May 24
The Vith Raj Kumar Babuta prize money carrom ranking tournament began here today at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45. Dharuva Chakarvorty scored the white slam of the tournament in his match against Rajiv.

In the women singles matches, others who sailed in the second round are, Kiran, Tina, Aruna Mathur, Shikha Thakur, Suguna Diwan, Kudrat, Harshpreet and Madhu Sharma. The men singles winners of the first round include, Anish Ahmed, Mazhar khan, Rozerio, Arjun Yadav, Dhruva Chakarborty, Devinderjit Gill, Taranpreet Pahwa, Mohd Yusuf, S.K. Mishra, Ravinder Sharma, J.D. Saini, Mahesh Sekhri and Tejinder Harry.

Minor District-XI makes 126 runs

Minor District XI made 126 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the first innings in reply to Chandigarh’s first Innings total of 334 runs for the loss of six wickets in the Punjab Inter District Cricket Tournament here on Saturday.

Pardeep and Rahul Gandhi both scored 31 runs each. Bharat Sharma, Akashdeep and Naresh each claimed two wickets. Earlier, while playing for Chandigarh, Akashdeep scored an impressive 100 runs, followed by Uday Kaul who made 63 runs while Ankur Kassal scored 60 runs. Gurinder Singh and Pardeep Kaur bagged two wickets each.

Tennis tournament

Mehak, Tanvi Goel, Jaanesh Kaur and Shardha Singh all made it to the last four of the girls under-12 event of the CLTA monthly ranking tennis tournament played here on Saturday at Tennis Stadium, Sector 10. In the boys section, those who entered the last eight are, Digvijay Singh, Vishal Suri, Harry Amor Singh, Abhiraj Singh, Gurinder Singh, Garry Amor Singh, Akshat Joshi and Jaivradhan Gupta.

IDS outplays HSIDC

Indo-Dutch Systems, Chandigarh, outplayed the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation by 104 runs to claim the title in the Inter Institutional cricket tournament held at Sector 5 cricket grounds, Panchkula. IDS XI made 232 runs for the loss of two wickets with Lakshay Sharma scoring an unbeaten 118 runs. Jagjit Saini made 78 runs.

In reply, HSIDC, Panchkula were bundled out for 128 runs. Rohit Chauhan took five wickets while Rohit and Parveen bagged three and two wickets, respectively. Amarjit Kumar of the LIC was declared the best all-rounder of the tournament while Arun Sood of the HSIDC and Rohit Chauhan of IDS Infotech were declared the best batsman and best bowler, respectively.