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A medical team from King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University headed by a consultant otolaryngology and head and neck surgery and associate professor at the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Dr. Amin bin Zaid Al-Harabi, managed a major and complex surgery that took 11 continuous hours to eradicate a tumor Cancer from the ear of a 60-year-old Saudi patient, praise be to God, was a complete success.
The head of the medical team that performed the operation, Dr. Amin Al-Harabi, explained that the patient was examined in the King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah by the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Head and Neck Surgery team after suffering with the disease for several months, as it was found that he was suffering from a malignant tumor in the ear, indicating that after the procedure The appropriate laboratory and radiological examinations determine the necessity of surgical intervention according to an advanced surgical plan that goes through three stages.
He stated that the first phase was carried out by a head and neck surgery team with the participation of a consultant and head of the otolaryngology department at King Abdullah Medical City, Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Dr. Osama Abdul-Rahman Marghalani, and a consultant otorhinolaryngologist Dr. Muhammad Saad, and an otolaryngologist at King Abdullah Medical City Dr. Haddad Al-Kef is the process of dissecting and removing the lymph nodes affected by the disease from the neck region, and then the malignant tumor was removed from the ear, in which it was taken into account to remove the tumor with its extremities in the kidney and to prepare the affected area surgically for the next stage indicating that the second stage witnessed the removal of the tumor part from the temple bone and inner ear by the professor Essam Saleh, Consultant ENT at King Abdullah Medical City, while the third phase was devoted to the plastic and reconstructive surgery team headed by Dr. Alaa Sultan, consultant plastic and reconstructive surgery and assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University who undertook the process of repairing the ear and temple area by performing a delicate surgery to take an integrated patch from the chest area Contain the appropriate tissues and then transfer them to an area Ear and temple, and taking the necessary precautions to ensure the vitality and growth of the implanted patch, and microscopic surgery to replant the facial nerve.
The Executive Director of King Abdullah Medical City, Dr. Hassan Bakhamis, and the Dean of the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Dr. Anmar Nasser, expressed their great happiness with this medical achievement, which proves, praise be to God, the medical progress in our blessed country and the distinct capabilities and capabilities of the Saudi medical staff.
