tumor from a patient''s tongue at # Aseer Central Hospital
By the grace of God - a surgical medical team led by the consultants of Otolaryngology, Neck and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Mubarak Shaya Al-Qahtani and Dr. Ali Mahdi Al-Qanas, managed to perform a specific and important operation to remove a tumor from a patient''s tongue in Asir Central Hospital, in a 17-hour process.
In the details, "Aseer Health" explained that the medical team eradicated the tumor, dissected the lymph nodes on both sides of the neck, and made sure that there were no cancerous cells with the participation of the tissue department doctors. A patch was also taken from the patient''s arm to repair the wound, with a blood recharge to it, and the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit to check on it.
The operation was carried out with the participation of the medical team consisting of a number of specialists in the same specialty, the anesthesia team led by Dr. Hussein Abu Jamila, Dr. Wael Rushdie, and the nursing team led by the nurse Salha.
In turn, Dr. Mubarak Al-Qahtani explained that this operation is considered the first for the head and neck tumor surgery team in the hospital using a patch of this type, and the blood supply to it in Asir Central Hospital, and that - thanks to God - then the availability of qualified medical personnel, and the availability of medical capabilities.
The members of the medical team also thanked the Director General of Health Affairs in the regions of Asir and Najran Khalid bin Ayed Asiri for his support and providing the necessary medical capabilities, as well as the assistant for therapeutic services in the health of Asir, Dr. Abdullah Qaddah, and the general supervisor of the Asir Central Hospital, Dr. Ali bin Saeed Mastoor, for their follow-up.
