with tremors and muscle stiffness
The medical team at Salmaniya Medical Complex praised the visit of a consultant neurosurgeon at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Dr. Faisal Al-Otaibi, who came within the framework of the implementation of the Supreme Committee for Treatment Abroad for the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in hosting the most important and best medical competencies from Different countries of the world.
Fatima Abdullah, head of the Department of Neurosciences at Salmaniya Medical Complex, praised the visit of a consultant neurosurgeon at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Doctor Faisal Al-Otaibi, stressing that many patients at Salmaniya Complex have benefited from his visit by performing a number of successful surgeries for them. Noting that the program to host visiting doctors, which came under the direction of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, has given many doctors the opportunity to exchange information and learn about the latest developments with the best doctors at the regional and global level.
Dr. Fatima noted that Dr. Faisal Al-Otaibi performed surgeries on patients suffering from Parkinson''s disease by implanting and controlling the deep brain stimulation device, which contributed to relieving their tremors and helped them perform their daily tasks in a more comfortable and convenient way.
A consultant urologist at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Doctor Akbar Jalal, said: Hosting medical competencies in the Kingdom of Bahrain is an honor for us as doctors because of the importance of this hosting in the exchange of information and experiences and its positive impact on treating patients, indicating that the visiting doctor has examined and treated a number of patients suffering from Rare medical cases. And the doctor added: As Al-Otaibi examined a patient who was in constant need of permanent catheterization, and the doctor was able to perform a surgical operation for her by installing a bladder digester, stressing that her health condition has become excellent and recovery has been similar.
For his part, a consultant neurosurgeon, Doctor Nabil Hamid, said: This is the third visit of Dr. Faisal Al-Otaibi, and his visit has achieved many positive results in the field of treating many cases that suffer from conditions such as muscle stiffness and Parkinson''s tremors. The doctor also managed to perform surgeries to implant some Devices that contribute to treating the problems that some patients suffer from.
Hamid added: The visiting doctor was among the operations that he performed a surgery to install a device for a patient suffering from a problem of muscle stiffness and the patient is now recovering and his health condition is stable. He added: Al-Otaibi also gave a scientific lecture in which the best specialists participated, in which he reviewed the most important methods of modern treatment in implantation of devices and performing surgical operations for patients in the field of brain and nerves.
The consultant neurosurgeon, Doctor Nabil Hamid, confirmed that during the last period, the process of implanting devices was done after sending patients abroad, and the conduct of this type of operation was very expensive and with the hosting of the visiting doctor and the possibility of conducting this type of operation in the Salmaniya Medical Complex, we were able to reduce the cost with confirmation. On the success of conducting this type of operation in Bahrain, and we were keen to meet all the requirements of this process and to be of the highest quality and to achieve the best results.
It is worth noting that Dr. Faisal Al-Otaibi is a doctor specializing in neurosurgery and his subspecialty is epilepsy surgery and neuroscopic surgery using functional radiology, and he is an assistant professor and director of the training program in neurosurgery and the movement disorders program at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he received his training In Neurosurgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Using Functional Radiology and Epilepsy Surgery at Western University in Canada. He joined the epilepsy group at the Center for Health Sciences at the University of West London. Receive training in laparoscopic surgery. He started his independent practice at the King Faisal Specialist Research Center in mid-2010 and became Director of the Neurosurgery and Movement Disorders Program. Al-Otaibi is currently an active member of several local and international societies, committees and executive boards, and editor of several medical journals and papers.
