First surgery on �Tree Man� successful

Abul Bajandar, known as ‘Tree Man’ for having bark-like warts on his hands and legs because of a rare skin disease, underwent a successful surgery on his right hand at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday. A virus named human papillomavirus (HPV) caused the skin disease that Bajandar, 25, has been suffering from. A six-member medical board, headed by Prof Dr Md Abul Kalam, head of the DMCH Burn and Plastic Surgery unit, successfully performed the two-hour-long surgery that started at 10:30am. Chief Coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Dr Samanta Lal Sen said that the operation was conducted on all five fingers of Bajandar separately without any complications.  A second and similar operation will be performed on his left hand after three weeks, he added.  Bajandar is the 3rd such patient in the world to be suffering from the ‘Tree Man’ disease for the last 15 years. He was admitted to the DMCH on January 30.

First surgery on �Tree Man� successful

Abul Bajandar, known as Tree Man for having bark-like warts on his hands and legs because of a rare skin disease, underwent a successful surgery on his right hand at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday. A virus named human papillomavirus (HPV) caused the skin disease that Bajandar, 25, has been suffering from. A six-member medical board, headed by Prof Dr Md Abul Kalam, head of the DMCH Burn and Plastic Surgery unit, successfully performed the two-hour-long surgery that started at 10:30am. Chief Coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Dr Samanta Lal Sen said that the operation was conducted on all five fingers of Bajandar separately without any complications. A second and similar operation will be performed on his left hand after three weeks, he added. Bajandar is the 3rd such patient in the world to be suffering from the Tree Man disease for the last 15 years. He was admitted to the DMCH on January 30.