Successful disengagement of the skull bones of a two-month-old baby in Saudi Arabia

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A medical team from the Security Forces Hospital in Dammam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia succeeded in performing two surgeries, which are considered among the most complex and advanced, using the laparoscope, which consisted of removing a benign tumor at the base of the skull of a patient in his thirties, and untangling the bones of the skull of an infant.

The medical team consisting of neurosurgery and spine, in cooperation with the Department of Otolaryngology, managed to remove a benign tumor at the base of the skull of a patient in his thirties, through the nose, with the help of a surgical endoscope with a diameter of no more than (3) millimeters, and access to the gland Pituitary and tumor resection without an external incision.

The medical team performed another laparoscopic operation to loosen the adhesion of the skull bones of a two-month-old infant, who was suffering from deformities in the shape of the head as a result of the premature fusion of these bones.

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