operations from the umbilical opening
The first Saudi surgeon to perform laparoscopic operations from the umbilical orifice Jeddah / Yasser Al-Jarousha: Saudi surgeon Dr. Adnan Sabahi, consultant endoscopic surgery at Prince Sultan Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, performed the first surgical operation to remove the appendix laparoscopically through a single opening in the navel of a patient .
This operation is different than before, as it is performed through one opening in the "navel", not exceeding 2 cm, through which all the surgical tools and the imaging camera are ed at once, and then the incision is closed and the incision is sutured without leaving any traces of the place of the operation, and it was like These operations are performed previously by opening three to four holes in the abdomen. On his part, Dr. Adnan Sabahi indicated that this surgical technique can be used in performing various operations such as obesity operations and hernia repair. Dr. Adnan also performed a gallbladder removal operation with the same technique in the hospital the next day, assisted by Dr. Kholoud Qari.
King Fahd Hospital, represented by the Prince Sultan Center, is the first hospital in the Ministry of Health to perform this type of operation, as is its usual practice, in such surgeries.
