(VNF) - Doctors at the General Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang successfully performed a unique medical operation, removing a 4.5kg fibroid tumor, the hospital director announced on September 11^th.

The doctors removed the tumor from the uterus of a 42-year-old woman in a challenging surgery that lasted two hours.

The patient, named Mua Thi Ma, lives in Dong Van District’s Ma Le Commune. She was hospitalized in poor health due to the large tumor, which made her resemble an eight-month pregnant woman.

The entire team from the surgery ward of the hospital took part in the extremely complex medical operation which saved the woman’s life.

The surgery was successful and the patient was recovering well, the hospital director said.

Earlier, the hospital performed another successful surgery, removing a 6kg ovarian tumor from a patient belonging to an ethnic group.

Meanwhile, in Ha Tinh Province, Doctors have successfully removed a 10-kilogram tumor from the abdomen of a 44-year-old woman who had mistaken it for pregnancy.

The woman, identified only as Nguyen Thi Ch., was admitted to the Thach Ha District General hospital on September 6^th. She had told doctors that her fatigue could be signs of a delivery.

Doctors later found a large tumor in her abdomen and decided to perform a surgery, the hospital said on September 11^th, without indicating the precise location of the growth./.

Minh Phuong