Facilities

All kinds of major cancer surgeries are done here. Laparoscopic surgery (keyhole operation ) is available for abdominal and gynecological cancers. The department confirms all infection control protocols and ERAS ( enhanced recovery after surgery ) protocols for their patients.
We provide on-table and clinical help to any department in need of oncologic surgery help. All kinds of cancer resections requiring complex plastic surgery reconstruction are done with the help of the Plastic Surgery Department. Regular multidisciplinary tumor boards are conducted with the help of Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology, and Pathology.
We have a ward in the casualty building on the third floor and an ICU on the same floor. Dr. Nimmy is in charge of the ICU.
Our operation tables are on Casualty’s third floor and Major operation theater ( MOT 1)
We have all the basic types of machinery and operation theater facilities required for a cancer surgery unit including vessel sealers, electrocautery, multipara monitors, laparoscopic set, mechanical retraction sets, anesthesia machines, and ventilators.
We provide all the latest surgical solutions including breast conservation, oncoplasty, sentinel node biopsy, laparoscopy, multidisciplinary combined procedures, head and neck cancer resection-reconstructions, gynecological, Gastrointestinal and urological cancer surgeries and organ preservation procedures in sarcomas.

Teaching Staff

Sl. No.	NAME	DESIGNATION
1	Dr. Murali T V.MS ( Gen surg). MCh ( Surgical Onco)	HOD surgical oncology
2	Dr. Anu N Joseph.MS ( OBG), MCh. ( Gynec Oncology)	Gynec Oncologist
3	Dr. Aurobindo L. MS ( Gen Surg). MCh ( Surgical Onco)	Senior Resident
	Dr. Vivek Peter. MS General Surgery	Senior Resident
4	Dr. Mathew Philip Pallikamattom. MBBS	Non-academic Junior Resident
6	Dr. Sojan John. MD Anesthesia	Consultant Anaesthetist ( HDS)
7	Dr. R Anil Kumar. MD Anesthesia	Consultant Anaesthetist ( HDS)

Achievements

• Nearly 1800 major oncological surgeries were done till now.
• Started Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy ( CRS – HIPEC).
• All complex surgical oncology surgeries undertaken
• With Plastic surgical team, Oncoplastic theater where resection reconstruction is carried out as a multidisciplinary effort
• Accepting Post MCh surgical oncology candidates from RCC for the compulsory one-year bonded postings
• Accepting gynecology postgraduates for surgical oncology postings
• Multidepartment research

Published Researches from the department

SL. NO	Type of article	Title	Authors	Journal	Index
1	Original research article	Clinicopathological Profile of Carcinoma Endometrium in a Single Institution of Kerala, India	Anjali prem Murali TV Mathew Reeba Sara Milu cyriac Sheeja.S Anu joseph	Indian journal of surgical oncology\	Pubmed
2	Original research article	Clinicopathological Profile and Recurrence Pattern of Granular Cell Tumor Cases in a Tertiary Center in Central Kerala.	K., Anju Murali T V Jose Stanley Sansho U Milu cyriac Letha V	Indian journal of surgical oncology	Pubmed
3	Original Research article	Malignancy incidence in solitary nodule thyroid	Jose Stanley Murali T V Sam Christie Mammen Mathew Philip Sheeja s	AJPCR	SCOPUS
4	Case report	Cutaneous Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue as Bilateral Neck Nodules	Sheeja Sainulabdeen CK Anju Suraj Madhavan Nair TV Murali	JCDR	Pubmed
5	Case report	Ossifying Fibroma with Co-existent Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Maxilla	Murali T V Navya susan Jacob Indu M Amilu Elsa Vargheese	bjohns	DOAJ
6	Case report	Solitary round ligament metastasis in a high grade serous carcinoma ovary.	Murali T V Anu N Joseph Mathew Philip Sheima Das	Indian journal of surgical oncology	Pubmed
7	Case report	Proliferating trichilemmal tumour arising from a naevus sebaceus ofJadassohn	Murali  T V Mary Vineetha Parvathy Sreekumar Priya PV	Indian Jouranal Dermatology	Pubmed
8	Case series	Angiosarcoma breast case series	Dr. Jino Dr. Murali	Indian journal of surgical oncology	Pubmed
9	Case Report	A rare case report of inverse sciatic hernia unveiling as a lipoma	Murali T V Mathew Philip Sheima Das John Thomas	International Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery	Pubmed
10	Case Report	Airway fire during tracheostomy	Murali T V  Anuraj V T Kiran Vishnu Narayan Sajitha M	Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery	DOAJ
11	Case Report	Giant Mesenteric Lipoma in an Adult	Nithya Vijayan,  Murali T V Sankar S Sajitha K	ACG Case Reports Journal	Pubmed
12	Article	Frozen section detected perineural spread in a grossly normal nerve away from tumor changes the surgical plan in parotid cancer	Dr. Murali T V Deepa S Amal V anatomy Afzal A	National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery	Pubmed
15	Article	The Great Imitator: Cervicofacial Actinomycosis Masquerading asCancer Recurrence	T.V.Murali T.AnishPoorna   P.Jayalakshmy Mary Vineetha	Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery	Pubmed
16	Article	Intracardiac Leiomyomatosis Arising from a Uterine Leiomyoma – A Rare Case Requiring a Multidisciplinary Laparotomy–Thoracotomy Approach	Dr. Murali T V	Journal of Mid-life Health	Pubmed
17	Case Report	Primary Disseminated peritoneal Leiomyomatosis: A rare benign condition with malignant mimicry	Murali TV	Indian Journal of gynecologic oncology	SCOPUS
18	Original article	Defining Surgical Margins with Dermoscopy and Frozen Section in Recurrent Extramammary Pagets Disease	Murali TV Amal V Antony Vineetha Mary Dhiya Philomina	Indian Journal of Dermatology	Pubmed
19	Case report	Iatrogenic Pneumothorax-The Undervalued Peril in Breast Surgery	Murali TV Nimmy  rabha Sojan John Anilkumar	JMSCR

Data completed research awaiting publication

1. Giant cell tumor of the thyroid – case report.
2. Stewert trevis syndrome a case report – ( accepted awaiting publication )
3. Vulva case series.
4. Metastatic leiomyoma case report. ( under peer review)
5. Diagnostic laparoscopy in ca stomach- original research article ( Accepted awaiting publication )
6. Stewert trevis syndrome recurrence.- case report
7. SCC in Lichen planus. case report
8. Matrix rotation oncoplasty for breast cancer outcome analysis.
9. malignancy incidence in hyperthyroid glands operated in a resource limited setting. ( peer review ongoing )
10. esophageal cancer metastatic presentation pattern.

Ongoing Research (IRB approved )

1. Granulomatous mastitis does it mimic cancer.
2. Breast hospital stay.
3. Mucosal melanoma.
4. Esophagus meastaisis .
5. Phyllodes  tumor breast – does size and age predict cancer
6. BCS  to completion mastectomy our experience
7. Ovary _  endometrium synchronous cases.
8. Soft tissue sarcoma  clinicopathological pattern.
9. breast luminal classification.
10. neck node anatomical positivity.
11. borderline ovarian tumor .
12. a prospective study on Ultrasound features of axillary node in breast cancer
13. SLNB with out frozen section outcomes

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