Maternity and Children Hospital.
A medical team performed an operation the first of its kind in the Asir region For laparoscopic restoration of the larynx of a child who had paralysis of the vocal cords and inability to breathe She used an endotracheal breathing tube and her suffering exceeded six months.
The official spokesman for the health of Asir Abdulaziz bin Yahya Al-Shaya explained that the operation took place for the girl at Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, and it took five hours, led by a consultant ENT surgeon, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hilali.
Al-Shaya ''added: “The girl''s suffering started six months ago after she swallowed a battery This led to paralysis of the vocal cords and led to suffocation, to have a temporary endotracheal opening, and then the medical team implanted a cartilage that was taken from the rib cage and implanted laparoscopically in the affected part of the larynx to return to breathing naturally and able to speak.
In turn, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hilali pointed out that this process is qualitative worldwide, and has recently begun to replace native traditional processes. Where cartilage was implanted laparoscopically without opening the neck, and was performed on a single stage without fragmentation for several stages, and the patient is now breathing normally.
For his part, the director of Abha Hospital for Childbirth and Children, Dr. Walid Al-Sanafi, appreciated the support of the Director General of Health Affairs in the Asir region, Khalid bin Ayed Asiri, in providing all possibilities for the work of such complex operations. Anesthesia, led by Dr. Badia Abdul Ghani and Assistant Nursing led by Nurse Jess, also thanked the important role of pediatricians, led by Dr. Hessa Jalban, and all pediatric intensive care doctors.
Aseer''s health stressed the need to keep swallow foreign objects out of the reach of children, especially toy batteries, because they are extremely dangerous.
