gastrectomy and rerouting operations last week
Last week, the Obesity Surgery Center at Buraidah Central Hospital performed more than 25 specific surgeries to treat morbid obesity cases of patients weighing more than 200 kg in cooperation with King Saud University in Riyadh.
The head of the obesity surgery center at the hospital, Dr. Mane Al-Blaihi, explained that the surgeries that were performed for obese patients varied between gastric sleeve surgeries and bypass operations, in a five-day workshop in cooperation with King Saud University in Riyadh represented by Professor Fahd Ba Mahrez, a consultant Bariatric surgery, with funding from Covidien, has all been crowned with success.
It is noteworthy that the Obesity Surgery Center at Buraidah Central Hospital has been able to perform more than 2000 surgeries since the beginning of the work in conducting bariatric surgeries in 1432 AH, while the number of visitors to the center during the year 1437 AH reached more than 6,054 references, 300 operations were performed, and the center provides its services Curative treatment for obese patients in order to alleviate their suffering, according to the latest findings of modern medicine and with qualified and specialized medical staff.
