Jivatesh Tung
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About
Jivatesh Tung is a clinician-researcher whose work focuses on advancing perioperative analgesia and uncovering rare disease presentations in surgical oncology. His most cited study, the CARTS pilot (2021, 4 citations), investigates the feasibility and efficacy of cryoneurolysis for pain management in robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery—a novel, non-opioid approach that could transform post-operative recovery in thoracic procedures. This work addresses the critical need for effective, opioid-sparing analgesia in minimally invasive surgery. Tung also contributes to the surgical oncology literature through meticulous case reporting. His 2022 report on basal cell carcinoma of the anus—an exceptionally rare anal cancer—documents a 69-year-old truck driver with chronic anal fissures and a history of facial basal cell carcinoma who presented with rectal bleeding. The case details a 5 cm tumor with sphincter invasion, diagnosed through physical exam, CT, and MRI. By highlighting this unusual presentation and its diagnostic pathway, Tung provides valuable clinical guidance for recognizing and managing such rare malignancies, underscoring his commitment to both innovative pain management and the documentation of uncommon surgical pathology.
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- 2A case report of the rarest anal cancer: Basal cell carcinoma2 citations · 2022