The surgical team at Al Qasimi Hospital in Sharjah, affiliated with the Emirates Health Services Corporation, succeeded in saving the lives of a 58 -year -old citizen, after being subjected to rare complications after the process of converting the coronary arteries, and the team used an innovative surgical approach, which enabled the closure of a complex chest defect (a slot of the chest wall), in an unconventional way.
“Emirates Health” told “Emirates Today” that the patient was suffering from an advanced kidney failure and chronic diabetes, and he underwent the operation before suffering from rare complications that led to a partial openness in the chest wall, and the doctors were able to use a muscle muscle patching technique from the major chest muscle to close the defect, in a move that is the first of its kind at the level of the institution’s facilities, and reflects the leadership of the state in surgical innovation.
In detail, the surgical team at Al Qasimi Hospital in Sharjah succeeded in saving the lives of a 58 -year -old citizen, after being exposed to rare complications after conducting the process of converting the coronary arteries, which involve the conversion of the coronary artery path to provide a new corridor through which the blood flows into the heart, using a unique surgical approach, which enabled the closure of a complex chest defect, represented in the form of an opening in the wall of the chest, Innovative and unconventional way.
The patient who suffers from kidney failure in his advanced stages and chronic diabetes had undergone the process of converting coronary arteries, last January, but later exposed complications in the surface wound, which led to a partial openness in the chest wall, which required high -resolution surgical intervention to save the condition, and the medical team in Al Qasimi Hospital was able to apply an advanced and rare technique using a rare technique using use Muscle patching from the major chest muscle to close the defect, in a step that is the first of its kind at the level of Emirates Health Services Foundation facilities, and reflects the level of surgical innovation that is enjoyed by state hospitals.
The Deputy Director of Al Qasimi Hospital, Head of the Plastic Surgery Department, Dr. Saqr Al -Mualla, confirmed to «Emirates Today» that this achievement falls within the series of medical successes achieved by the health facilities of the Foundation thanks to the support of good leadership and the provision of advanced capabilities, indicating that the hospital’s work teams spare no effort in providing the best levels of specialized care, and keeping pace with global developments in dealing with critical and complex cases.
The hospital plastic surgery consultant, Dr. Shandra Boss Villani, said that the surgical intervention that was adopted reflects the flexibility of the medical team, and his ability to think outside the traditional methods, explaining that the patient suffers from kidney failure in an advanced stage, along with chronic diabetes, which made the condition more complicated, and impose additional challenges during treatment. He pointed out that the use of part of the chest muscle to close the opening of the chest wall constituted an innovative solution that contributed to improving the patient’s health condition, which is currently the same for complete recovery, and has a stable condition.
The «Emirates Health» emphasized that this achievement represents the advanced position occupied by the Foundation’s hospitals in providing health care based on excellence and innovation, and its commitment to providing specific medical solutions, which enhances the quality of patients ’life, and meets the highest standards of safety and medical efficiency adopted globally.
