With the grace of God, a medical team in pediatric surgery at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh performed a laparoscopic operation to connect the lower part of the esophagus to the upper part of a newborn baby of a week old and weighing 3 kilograms.
The head of the medical team, Dr. Muhammad al-Muhaidli explained that this operation is one of the complex operations that require advanced centers in pediatric surgery in the world in which specialties support surgery at a high level such as anesthesia and intensive care for newborns, not to mention the medical equipment in the operating room, indicating that these capabilities The high medical level in the Kingdom came with the grace of God and then thanks to the interest of the rulers in this medical edifice, which has become comparable to international centers with the support of His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation, Inspector General, His Excellency His Deputy and His Highness Assistant for Military Affairs
For her part, the head of pediatric surgery, Dr. Asia Al-Rawaf, confirmed that the department is proud of these national cadres who have achieved this achievement for this type of complex operations, which are distinguished by the fact that the child does not feel pain after surgery and that he regains early well-being, God Almighty willing. For its long-term counterparts from traditional surgery, it is thanks to God that the department was then equipped with a number of advanced equipment....
