laparoscopic surgery
Last Thursday, the first of Dhu al-Qi''dah 1429 AH, three operations were performed to repair stomach hernia - the diaphragm - and acid reflux - for three patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, using the gastroscope from the inside instead of performing the usual surgeries for such patients. - These interventions by means of the gastroscopy are considered the first time in the Middle East, and are carried out in the university hospital coinciding with the holding of the first international conference of surgery next week. The operations were performed by Prof. Dr. Abdul-Rahman bin Abdullah Ashi, consultant and professor of surgery and endoscopy, and Dr. Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Saeed Sabiani, consultant and associate professor of surgery and endoscopy. A consultant anesthesiologist d. Tariq Nasreddin Leader, and Dr. Ayman Ahmed Abdel Latif.
Dr. Adnan bin Abdullah Al-Mazroua, Dean of the College of Medicine, stated that the three operations were carried out with complete success, praise be to God, and the patients were discharged from the hospital in good health after twenty-four hours of the operations. He stated that this type of operation is one of the latest scientific developments in the field of surgery in general and in the field of laparoscopic surgery in particular, and he also confirmed his happiness that such operations are taking place today for the first time in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, in the interest of the university to transfer the latest technologies to the Kingdom, explaining that The University Hospital receives all the support and care from our wise government and the wise leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect him.
