Crown Prince orders treatment of a child with a brain stem injury at King Fahd Medical City
His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General has directed the treatment of an 11-year-old child with a brain stem tumor that has caused him difficulty in swallowing, movement and balance, and this case is considered one of the difficult cases that require the use of devices Advanced and modern to conduct the operation and through a specialized medical team. The medical team headed by Dr. Abdulrahman Jaafar Sabbagh, consultant pediatric neurosurgery with Dr. Ayman Al-Bunyan, Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgery and Dr. Youssef Barikhan, Consultant Neurophysiology, Consultant Professor Muhammad Al-Takrouri, Dr. Radwan from the anesthesia team and Dr. Lahbib Swalmi, a neuronavigation consultant with a rare specialty in the world and the only one in Asia and the Middle East to perform the operation. Where d explained. Al-Sabbagh said that the first stage of the operation was withdrawn fluid from inside the tumor using a neuronavigation device (stealth) to relieve pressure on the brain stem. The child''s movement, swallowing and smoothness of speech improved after this operation, and the second stage was the removal of the tumor under neuromonitoring and magnetic resonance imaging with navigation The nerve within the operation in the brain wing system (Brain Suite) The tumor was completely removed thanks to God Almighty and the two operations took approximately 18 hours and were crowned with success and without complications, praise be to God, and the patient stayed in intensive care for two days under the supervision of Dr. Sawsan Youssef and Dr. Muhammad Samaha, and 10 days in the brain and difficulties ward before his discharge from the hospital. He is currently being rehabilitated in the clinics of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and swallowing at the Rehabilitation Hospital in King Fahd Medical City. This was stated by His Excellency the Executive Director General of King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al-Amro, who congratulated His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz on the success of this process and his keenness to make the Kingdom reach the world in the health services provided, and also explained that this success is considered a global medical achievement that will be added to the balance of the global medical achievements that the Kingdom has achieved. He thanked the medical team supervising the case for the success of the operation, explaining that their work as a team is the reason for success after God’s success. His Excellency explained that it was expected that 5 operations per year of this type would be performed in the Kingdom, but that the Medical City received requests from outside the Kingdom for such a case, wanting to conduct the operation at King Fahd Medical City due to the presence of specialization and the availability of the latest capabilities in it. Dr. Al-Amro that the succession of these achievements comes in light of the support received by health services in the Kingdom and the King Fahd Medical City, especially from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and His Crown Prince Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, and this achievement will be added to the achievements of King Fahd Medical City. Dr. Mahmoud Al-Yamani, Director of the Neuroscience Center, explained that the equipment and specialized team located in King Fahd City for brain and spinal cord tumor surgery in this integrated form is rare at the global level, as the Brain Suite is the fifth in the world and the city team is the first to use neuromonitoring with resonance The magnet is global and is hopeful that the Neuroscience Center at the Medical City will be among the best centers in the world in light of the strong support available to it.
