"Dubai Health Doctors" succeed in breaking up antler stones in a patient weighing 180 kg

DHA doctors were able to save the life of a patient (50 years old) who was suffering from severe pain in the flank area due to large stones that branched in the left kidney for several years through a complex surgery that lasted two hours under general anesthesia, during which the stones that are medically known as ( antler) due to its large size and ramifications.

The patient had visited several hospitals in different European countries, but they refused to treat him because of his morbid obesity (180 kilograms), which poses a danger to the patient's life, especially since the stones were bifurcated from the kidney basin and extended with appendages in all the pockets of the kidney, which makes extracting them a matter. It is extremely difficult because of the possibility of severe bleeding that may lead to death, asking the patient to lose weight before surgery.

Medical Efficiency

Dr. Friborz Bagheri, Consultant Urology Department at Dubai Hospital, who supervised the medical team, said that the patient visited Dubai Hospital with severe pain in the flank area and discomfort for three years and his inability to lose weight, at a time when the size of the stones was growing until he reached diameter to

(7) centimeters, and branched to take the shape of (antler) to occupy most of the kidney cavities, which is about 10 centimeters long, and the patient began to suffer from frequent urinary infections, which began to constitute an additional burden on his daily life.

He explained that the medical team performed the necessary laboratory tests and CT scans for the patient in the departments of urology, cardiology, thoracic diseases, and anesthesia before undergoing surgery to remove stones.

a challenge

Dr. Friborz Bagheri pointed to the challenge facing the medical team due to the excessive obesity of the patient, who remained lying on his stomach throughout the two-hour surgery, where the endoscope was used through a small opening not exceeding one centimeter, to break the stones into small pieces and extract them completely from All cavities of the kidney.

He explained that the patient left the hospital on the third day of the surgery and is in good health without any negative complications, noting that this type of gravel is usually extracted in several stages due to its large size, but thanks to the ability and efficiency of the medical team and the availability of modern devices and technologies, the stones were extracted In one stage, the operation was a complete success.

For her part, Dr. Maryam Al Raisi, Executive Director of Dubai Hospital, praised the efforts and efficiency of the medical team that performed the operation through these surgeries that require skill and experience in dealing with complex pathological cases, noting the distinguished diagnostic and treatment services provided by the hospital to patients in various medical specialties, which is the matter. Which contributes effectively to enhancing the competitiveness of the health system in Dubai.

She said that performing this type of surgery is a continuity of the approach adopted by the Dubai Health Authority, which adopts the latest technologies and smart solutions, attracting distinguished medical competencies and harnessing their expertise to serve patients to achieve the best possible results, and to contribute to the consolidation of the position of the Authority, and Dubai in general, as an ideal destination for those seeking treatment and hospitalization. from different countries of the world.

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