After his amputated leg was reconstructed by complex surgery

The child “Ahmed” leaves Rashid Hospital within days and is walking normally after a year (video)

• A specialized medical team is following up on “Ahmed” at Rashid Hospital.

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• The child Ahmed Al Dhaheri from inside the hospital, raising the “three-way” victory sign.

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Consultant and Head of Hand Surgery Department, Head of Surgery Departments at Rashid Hospital, Dr. Khaled Al-Awadi, stated that restoring the amputated leg of the citizen Ahmed Rashid Al Dhaheri is one of the rare operations conducted by a highly qualified team of specialized doctors, noting that the child (Ahmed) needs a About three months for the bones and tissues to heal, then he can walk leaning on a crutch, and his condition continues to gradually recover until he walks normally on his feet.

The child, citizen Ahmed Rashid Al Dhaheri, was recently involved in a collision of two water bikes in the Mamzar Sea, which led to a complete amputation of his leg, and doctors were able to return it after a complex surgery that lasted seven hours, using the surgical microscope technique.

The consultant of hand, microscopic and orthopedic surgery, Dr. Hamid Badawi, said that the child (Ahmed) was received at six in the evening on July 26, about an hour after the accident, and he was transferred from the emergency department to operations directly, with the aim of speeding up the blood supply to the man. The amputee, in cooperation with the integrated surgical team.

He explained that the amputated limb was purified, washed, and prepared for docking with the body again, by installing slides and screws, and then connecting the main artery to feed the amputated part, which took about four hours, then the surgery was completed by connecting the rest of the arteries and veins to complete the work of blood circulation in the leg. The final stage was connecting and suturing the muscles.

He stressed that completing the operation in seven hours is a medical achievement, noting that the patient continued in intensive care for five days, under supervision and follow-up, until the end of the danger phase.

In turn, the specialist in hand surgery, microscopic surgery and orthopedics, Dr. Mohamed Fathi Saidam, confirmed that the treatment of the child is carried out on two levels;

The first is psychological rehabilitation, and the second is physical rehabilitation through physical therapy, with close follow-up until reaching the stage of full recovery.

Complex surgery restores the leg of the child, Ahmed, after amputation. Doctors explain the method # Emirates_Al-Youm pic.twitter.com/GZQXVDnG0T

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He pointed out that through clinical follow-up, any weaknesses or shortcomings in the case can be discovered and dealt with medically, until he can walk again normally.

The anesthesiologist, Dr. Ihab Shalaby, said that the operation to restore the leg faced some challenges, and they were overcome thanks to the medical team participating in the operation, especially maintaining the stability of vital signs during the operation, as well as blood flow after returning the amputated organ, which required a special mechanism in Anesthesia process.

For his part, the child's uncle, Muhammad Al-Zarouni, stated that the accident resulted from the collision of a water bike with a bicycle (Ahmed), in the Mamzar Sea in Sharjah, indicating that the accident is under investigation by the police.

• “Ahmed” is undergoing psychological and physical rehabilitation under the supervision of a specialized medical staff.

Convalescence and medical rehabilitation

The medical team treating the child (Ahmed) reported that a wound graft was performed with a skin patch from the other thigh, five days after the surgery to completely cover the site of the injury, stressing that the patient is currently in a period of recovery and medical rehabilitation that may reach up to a year, during which he needs follow-up and physical therapy. To restore normal functions to the leg.

He pointed to the seriousness of this type of injury, which requires urgent medical intervention, in light of the low success rates of foot amputations in general, explaining that the operations to restore amputated limbs are among the most difficult and complex surgeries, because they require reconnecting nerves, arteries and tissues, which cannot be Seeing some of them with the naked eye, and they are dealt with through the microscope.

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