Youth’s arm reattached after eight-hour surgery
dubai — Surgeons have successfully reattached an arm of a 20-year-old Pakistani national during a complex eighthour surgery at Rashid Hospital in Dubai.
His right arm was severed in an industrial accident.
The surgery required a multi-disciplined team of doctors drawn from the vascular, hand surgery and trauma fields.
“The young man arrived at the trauma section on October 9, along with his right arm, which was completely amputated right below the shoulder,” said Dr Deena Al Qudra, head of Rashid Hospital’s vascular surgery unit. “After evaluating his case, the team of doctors decided to reattach his arm despite the severity of his case, to give him a chance of leading a normal life with all his limbs intact.”
The patient is doing well and is currently undergoing physiotherapy and being monitored to ensure that there is no infection.
dubai — Doctors from Rashid Hospital succeeded in reattaching the limb of a 20-year-old Pakistani worker whose arm had to be completely amputated as a result of an industrial injury.
The procedure required a multi-disciplined team of doctors from Rashid Hospital in the vascular, hand surgery and trauma fields, who successfully reattached the arm in an eighthour surgery.
“The young man arrived at the trauma section on October 9, along with his right arm, which was amputated right below the shoulder. After evaluation the doctors decided to reattach his arm despite the severity of his case,” said Dr Deena Al Qudra, the Head of the Vascular Surgery Unit at Rashid Hospital.
The team that conducted the surgery consisted of Dr Masoud Shafiei, senior vascular surgery specialist and Dr Mohammad Sadeeq vascular surgery consultant who reattached the blood vessels of the patient’s arm.
Dr Khalid Al Awadi, consultant hand surgeon, reattached the hand and nerves while Dr Bilal El Yafawi, trauma consultant reattached the patient’s bone. The patient is doing well and is currently undergoing physiotherapy and is being monitored to ensure that he does not suffer from infection.
“While the moving functions of the arm would take a long time and physiotherapy to be hopefully regained. Reattaching the arm would help the patient psychologically cope with the accident and have hope to lead a normal life, especially given his young age,” said Dr Qudra.
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