MATERA – Birth by caesarean section and, at the same time, removal of a tumor. It is the complex and delicate operation performed in the “Madonna delle Grazie” hospital in Matera by the Gynecology and Obstetrics team directed by Giuseppe Trojano, head of the Maternal and Child Department. A highly complex operation carried out in collaboration with the simple operational units of high-risk pregnancy and medical oncology and the complex operational units of paediatrics, radiology and anesthesia of the Matera hospital.
Illustrating what happened in a note released by the ASM of Matera is the same director of the Gynecology and Obstetrics team: «During the routine exams of the first trimester – explains Doctor Trojano – to the 39-year-old woman, her first birth, locally advanced cervical cancer was diagnosed. Despite the enormous risks related to the disease, the patient decided to continue with the pregnancy. After an interdisciplinary consultation and a further conversation with the patient, it was decided to proceed with chemotherapy before the operation, which resulted in a partial regression of the lesion and therefore a great possibility for the patient to undergo surgery. A caesarean section was therefore planned at 35 weeks of pregnancy, which led to the birth of a baby girl, weighing 2,460 grams.”
The cesarean section – continues the note – was then followed by the very delicate operation of radical hysterectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy with preservation of the ovaries, taking into account the patient’s age. The operation was successful, even in the post-operative period: both the mother and the little girl, who was given the name Francesca, are in excellent health.
«Once again – comments the extraordinary commissioner of the local health authority of Matera, Maurizio Friolo – the multidisciplinary approach and the competence of the doctors of the departments involved have allowed us to achieve an excellent result, despite the complexity and rarity of the clinical picture . Thanks, obviously, go to all the medical and nursing staff as well as to all the other healthcare workers who, in various capacities, made it possible to achieve this positive result. To the new mother, to the little girl and to her family, I wish a speedy recovery but above all my best wishes for a happy event.”
