Prof Sanjay Surekha, faculty at urology department, SGPGI Lucknow
After a three-month mandatory break, the surgery was planned in May 2026,” he said. Last week, the patient reported for her post-op follow-up and surprised the doctors with her recovery.
“The chronic infection had breached the biological divide, forming an abnormal passage between her urinary bladder and vagina, while shrinking it and making it dysfunctional,” said Prof Surekha. “I have undertaken some 300 TVF procedures in the past 15 years, but this was a first of its kind,” he said, adding that a multi-layer line of treatment was planned. We beat that with the unmatched 3D visualisation and extreme dexterity of medical robot,” he said. But the real triumph lies in the fact that she is set to resume studies,” he said, thanking the head of the department, Prof MS Ansari, anaesthetist Dr Tapas Singh and resident doctors.
Her parents took her to many doctors, including those at AIIMS Patna and New Delhi besides Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, but none could help her. “Operating inside a pelvic cavity ravaged and scarred by long-standing infection was like making sense of a blurred image. “She was pain-free, confident and chirping like any young girl in the late teens. She had put on weight and looked free of disease.