a citizen regains his sight after the removal of a small brain tumor
The surgical medical team at the Neurosurgery Unit at East Jeddah Hospital succeeded in performing the first unique surgical procedure of its kind, saving a Saudi patient in his fourth decade of blindness due to a brain tumor.
The head of the surgery department at the hospital, Dr. Ohood Al-Amoudi, explained that the patient went to the hospital emergency after suffering from severe headaches and headaches that began with him more than a year ago, and the headache was intensifying from time to time. His right eye and vision deteriorated, and by discussing the patient and conducting clinical clinical examinations of the patient, the doctors found that he is fully conscious with the normal movement of all his limbs, as well as the absence of any defect in the peripheral nervous abilities, which called the doctors corresponding to the case to do an examination of the central cerebral nerves, through which it was found that the presence of A clear lack of vision in the right eye and deterioration in vision in the left eye. By doing a CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging with dye on the brain, the doctors found a tumor of (2 x 2 cm) cm in the middle of the bottom of the brain above the pituitary glands and below the optic fibers and adjacent and adjacent to the central arteries of the brain, and Dr. Al-Amoudi indicated that after informing the patient and agreeing to the need for urgent surgical intervention, preparations for the operation began, anesthesia and gland tests were carried out, and then the intervention was made. Microscopic surgery and the removal of the entire tumor by the surgical team of the Neurosurgery Unit at East Jeddah Hospital headed by Dr. Munir bin Ismail, and the Head of the Surgery Department at East Jeddah Hospital praised the great cooperation provided by the Intensive and Internal Care Departments, glands and the Department of Anesthesia for the Department of Surgery in general and the Department of Neurosurgery in general. Especially, which in turn contributed to the success of this critical and delicate operation, and consequently the complete improvement of the patient’s condition and enabling him, after God’s providence, to restore his sight and improve the vision in his right eye significantly.. The patient was discharged from the hospital and is in an excellent health condition, praise be to God, with a request for his referral in the clinics. Foreign Ministry later to monitor the stability of his condition.
