Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Teynampet Successfully Removes 15-cm Colon Tumor
Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Teynampet Successfully Removes 15-cm Colon Tumor in 80-Year-Old Using Advanced Zoom Scope Technology
~First time in Tamil Nadu: Minimally invasive Zoom-assisted endoscopic procedure enables complete tumor removal without open surgery~
Chennai, 24 February 2026: Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Teynampet, successfully performed a complex minimally invasive endoscopic procedure to remove a large 15 cm laterally spreading adenoma, a type of Polyp in the sigmoid colon of an 80-year-old woman using Advanced Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection. It is supported by Zoom scope technology, marking the first time this advanced technology has been used for such a, a type of procedure in Tamil Nadu.
The patient had presented with rectal bleeding and abdominal pain and was diagn...
