Gleneagles Hospital treats two patients with rare swallowing disorder
Gleneagles Hospital treats two patients with rare swallowing disorder Published - August 21, 2026 12: 59 am IST - Chennai.
Gleneagles Hospital treats two patients with rare swallowing disorder Published – August 21, 2026 12: 59 am IST – Chennai.
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- Niranjani, Chief Operating Officer and Hospital Head of Gleneagles Hospital, additionally participated.
- Mahadevan, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology of Gleneagles Hospitals.
- This person were suffering from a rare kind of swallowing disorder, were successfully treated using advanced scarless endoscopic techniques by the medical specialists of Gleneagles Hospital in Perumbakkam.
B. Mahadevan, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology of Gleneagles Hospitals, remarked 73-year-old Bernath Mary of Ariyalur district and 75-year-old Theo Helene Baetens of Belgium were suffering from difficulty swallowing food and liquids. Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.
Two patients, including a patient from Belgium. This person were suffering from a rare kind of swallowing disorder, were successfully treated using advanced scarless endoscopic techniques by the medical specialists of Gleneagles Hospital in Perumbakkam.
B. Mahadevan, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology of Gleneagles Hospitals. It is part of the Fortis Network Hospital, at a press conference held in the hospital premises on Thursday, remarked 73-year-old Bernath Mary of Ariyalur district and 75-year-old Theo Helene Baetens of Belgium were suffering from difficulty swallowing food and liquids. While Ms. Mary was unable to swallow food, Mr. Baetens regurgitated undigested food. After being admitted to the hospital were treated through endoscopic surgeries using diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM) and Zenker's Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (Z-POEM). Both patients after the endoscopic surgeries have shown good results by swallowing foods in a normal manner.
Dr. S. Niranjani, Chief Operating Officer and Hospital Head of Gleneagles Hospital, additionally participated.
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