Mumbai’s doctors have pulled off a world record. The most eagerly awaited surgery on Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abdulati, 36, touted to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500 kg, has finally taken place. On Tuesday, leading bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala and his team performed a Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on Eman, who was already a 100 kg lighter at the time thanks to a strict liquid diet regimen, at Charni Road’s Saifee Hospital.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy involves removal of around 75 per cent of the stomach, leaving a narrow tube or ‘sleeve’ behind.
The team of doctors were waiting for the results of genetic tests for 36 monogenic disorders to find the reason behind her life-threatening obesity, but later decided to go ahead with the surgery without them on Tuesday.
Doctors said the surgery went off without a hitch. Earlier, there were concerns of how Eman would react under strong doses of anaesthesia. Her post-surgery recovery is going smoothly, they said. All her vital signs are optimal and she has begun consuming fluids orally.
