The Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Rashid Hospital, in cooperation with Latifah Hospital, succeeded in cultivating the placenta membrane as a compensatory skin for patients who suffered from severe burns and deformities, reaching 40% of the skin area for the first time at the state level. And has strengthened its competitiveness on the global map of health tourism.
"The surgery was done for 40 years," said Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, a consultant and head of the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Rashid Hospital. "He was suffering from superficial and deep second-degree burns on 40 percent of the body. The placenta was implanted as a compensatory skin for the feet, The second was during the implantation of the placenta, covering the chest area and hands of another patient (19 years), was suffering from superficial and deep burns on an area of 30% of the body ».
Dr. Al-Zarouni stressed the cooperation between the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Rashid Hospital and the Department of Childbirth at Latifa Hospital to obtain the placenta after obtaining formal approvals from the donor mothers prior to the birth. He pointed to the possibility of keeping the placenta membrane in a private hospital bank Rashid for a period of 10 days and 14 days, where the placenta gives about a square meter of the membrane, can be used to save patients from deformities, and at a small cost.
Dr. Al-Zarouni explained the conditions and controls according to which the placenta membrane is used in the process of agriculture, including caesarean delivery, to ensure sterilization of the placenta membrane, and that the medical staff take the placenta directly from the operating room. The amniotic membrane is then separated from the placenta, Refrigerated under certain conditions, then transported and stored in a special bank at Rashid Hospital for reuse in agriculture for the treatment of deformities.
He pointed out the importance of using this technique in the treatment of difficult cases, the owners suffer large areas of burns in the skin can not be treated through traditional surgery, and contribute to reduce the deformities caused by the removal of skin to cover wounds and burns, reduce pain in the burned parts, and reduce inflammation Helping to regenerate and build skin layers, stimulate skin growth, and reduce patient recovery and stay in the hospital.
Dr. Fahd Bseleib, Executive Director of Rashid Hospital, stressed the importance of this achievement, which will enhance the hospital's ongoing efforts to provide specialized services to patients in accordance with the latest international medical standards and practices in this field. In order to be in line with the rapid global developments in the medical sector.
The Executive Director of Latifa Hospital for Women and Children, Dr. Mona Tahlak, pointed to the importance of this joint project between Rashid Hospital and Latifa Hospital to benefit from the placenta membrane in the treatment of burns and wounds patients. This material is usually neglected after birth, Caesarean section of Latifa Hospital reaches about 29% of the total number of annual hospital births, about 6,000 births.