The Plastic Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar has achieved a new medical achievement represented by a plastic surgery operation that is the first of its kind, due to the use of microsurgical reconstructive surgery techniques for flaps based on perforating arteries in them.
The organization said – in a statement today, Wednesday, reached Tel Aviv Tribune Net – that the operation was performed on a patient from Gaza who was suffering from severe back pain, an inability to walk or sit, and in a state of semi-paralysis.
The surgical operation lasted about two hours, which is considered a very short time given the severe deficiency in the patient’s lower back tissues, and the operation was successful.
Dr. Atallah Hamada Hamouda – Consultant and Head of the Plastic Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation – stated that the success of this operation and many other complex operations is the result of the application of international standards, the availability of cadres and surgical expertise, and the use of advanced medical technologies in providing health care to the institution’s patients, which has made it occupy a distinguished position. At the forefront of therapeutic institutions in the region.
Dr. Salim Nour El-Din Al-Lahham, associate consultant in the Department of Plastic Surgery and leader of the surgical team that performed the operation, said that the operation was complex given the area of the tissue defect, as well as the need to use a number of flaps based on the perforating arteries in an innovative and new way, in order to perform a successful restoration without causing any damage. Any damage to other tissues.
Dr. Al-Lahham explained that after performing the reconstructive surgery and physical therapy, the patient resumed her normal life and returned to walking and sitting without feeling any pain, noting that she arrived at Hamad Medical Corporation in a deteriorating health condition, as she was suffering from a severe loss of back tissue and burns in the thigh area. In addition to a fungal infection resulting from not treating wounds for a long time and the patient’s immune deficiency.
A surgical endoscopy was performed to remove the damaged tissue, provide high-protein nutrition to the patient, and then perform specific surgical intervention.
For her part, Dr. Sakina Al-Saikal, a plastic surgery specialist at Hamad Medical Corporation who participated in the surgery, said: “We are proud to contribute to performing important surgical operations that allowed Gaza patients to regain their functional abilities and return to living their lives after what they were exposed to during the events in Gaza. The wounds of Gaza patients are considered It is very complex, which required the development of our surgical methods and the design of complex slides. We thank God and thank the State of Qatar for the opportunity given to us to help the people of Gaza, and we wish recovery for all patients.”
