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A team of surgeons at Bagedo Hospital and Dr. Irfan in Jeddah ended the suffering of a Saudi woman who had a malignant tumor in the left breast that led to local ulcers and deformities, which required treating the patient with chemotherapy and radiation for several months, and the presence of the tumor led to the emergence of a large ulcer that made it difficult for the patient to deal with the resulting secretions Her health and psychological state greatly deteriorated, and when she was presented to the team of surgeons, it was decided to perform a surgical intervention to remove the tumor entirely, but the biggest challenge was in the possibility of restoring the chest after removing the tumor from the breast area, especially after skin and connective tissue wear and tear after exposure to radiotherapy and after laboratory and radiological examinations were performed. Developing the surgical plan and explaining it accurately to the patient, as Dr. Muhammad Sweilam, a consultant general surgery, removed the tumor with all the affected limbs and lymph nodes, and then the role of the consultant plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Alaa Abdul-Rashid Sultan, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, who performed the reconstruction of the chest area and covered the excision area By means of a complete skin and muscle graft from the back region containing fatty tissue and g Raise it in the area of the removed chest and then properly reshape the left breast.
The operation took about eight hours. As a result, the patient was transferred to the intensive care room as a routine procedure, and she was discharged from the hospital after several days while she was in good health .. The patient HR showed her happiness and thanks to the medical team who treated her and put an end to her suffering, as she went after two weeks of enjoying her. Balafia visited Dr. Hani Joukhadar, CEO of the hospital, as well as the medical staff, expressing her satisfaction with the outcome of the surgery.
Dr. Alaa Sultan, a consultant plastic surgeon who specializes in breast reconstructive operations, explained that such operations are considered the finest surgical treatment in the field of reconstructive breast tumors, as they lead to preserving the external shape of the chest after removing the entire affected breast by reshaping the breast with the patient’s natural tissues and not using Manufactured materials such as silicon and others.
