Latakia, Syria, Oct. 5 (SANA) Doctors at Lattakia National Hospital successfully removed pruning shears that had pierced a woman’s scalp and skull and penetrated the membranes surrounding her brain, reaching the right frontoparietal region, in an emergency operation.
Dr. Amin Omar, a neurosurgery specialist who supervised the case, told SANA Sunday that the operation lasted about two and a half hours.
The procedure involved opening the skull around the point of penetration and carefully removing the foreign object under direct visualization, Omar said.
The surgical team then treated the site where the shears had penetrated the brain membranes and tissue and controlled the bleeding, he added.
Omar said the main risks included bleeding caused by damage to blood vessels or movement of the foreign object during surgery, as well as infection and the possibility of it spreading to the brain.
The successful intervention depended on the availability of a properly equipped operating room, the medical team’s experience in handling such cases and extreme caution while removing the foreign object.
The patient is in very good condition, and her expected recovery period is about two weeks, he said, stressing the need to follow the medical team’s instructions, prescribed medications and scheduled follow-up appointments.
In a separate case in July, medical staff at Lattakia Hospital for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery successfully performed a complex procedure on an 8-year-old child who had suffered from limited exercise capacity and difficulty keeping up with peers during play.
The procedure repaired a rare narrowing of the child’s left ventricular outflow tract caused by a fibrous membrane beneath the aortic valve, along with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve.
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