Pharyngectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of pharyngectomy in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for pharyngectomy in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for pharyngectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Packing, splints or dressings
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Pharyngectomy takes away part or all of the pharynx (throat), most commonly for hypopharyngeal cancer, and frequently includes removal of the voice box.

The Canadian Cancer Society describes partial laryngopharyngectomy, rarely used because these cancers are normally advanced, and total laryngopharyngectomy, which takes out the larynx and the pharyngeal walls; the oesophagus may also be taken out if the tumour reaches it.

The throat is rebuilt using a skin graft, a tissue flap, a segment of small intestine or a gastric pull-up.

Difficulty swallowing is common, so swallowing therapy is offered and a temporary feeding tube may be required. After total laryngectomy, people learn new ways of speaking.

Surgery for throat and mouth cancer is normally planned by a multidisciplinary tumour board, which may also recommend radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Flying home: cabin pressure changes can cause pain or trouble after ear, nose or sinus surgery, so the ENT surgeon checks you are fit to fly at the review appointment.

A Gurgaon quote for pharyngectomy is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• How much is taken out: partial or total, with or without the larynx.
• Reconstruction: flap, graft or gastric pull-up.
• Neck dissection: removal of lymph nodes.
• Stay and rehabilitation: commonly a number of weeks.

This is major cancer surgery, and the total commonly goes beyond the range above once reconstruction, intensive care and rehabilitation are added. Ask the Gurgaon hospital exactly what the quote includes.

ENT surgery in Gurgaon is carried out in multi-speciality hospitals with endoscopes and operating microscopes, and head and neck cases can involve reconstructive and cancer teams.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Gurgaon was officially renamed Gurugram by the Haryana government in 2016, so hospital letters, maps and taxi apps may use either name.