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Rare reconstructive surgery
DUBAI- The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Foundation has funded a rare reconstructive surgery on a four-year-old Palestinian child born without a nose, a feat with only three treated cases in the medical history. The surgery was performed by plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Prof Rodolphe Meyer of Switzerland who visited the UAE on an invitation from the foundation, along with a local medical team led by D. Ali Al Numairy, Head of the Plastic surgery Section at the Rashid Hospital, Dr Safwat El Housseni and Dr Shourook Atiq Bilal.
A team of anaesthetists comprising Dr Adel El Said and Dr Yassir Al Masri also took part in the operation. Ibrahim Bu Melha, Vice-Chairman of the Dubai Justice Department, Dubai Attorney-General and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the foundation, said that Abdullah was offered help by the foundation as part of its programme to provide medical assistance to the poor and needy in the UAE.
Describing Abdullah's case as rare, Mr Bu Melha said: "It was very difficult to find an expert and qualified surgeon to perform such a complex surgery.
Moreover, the huge cost involved in such surgeries make matters worse for poor patients, the reason we decided to sponsor the entire surgery."
Dr Ali Al Numairy said this was the third surgery on the child.
In the first surgery in 2001, the reconstruction of the soft tissue was done and in the second stage in 2002, the nasal septum was reconstructed, a nostril formed and connected to the nasopharynx. The third surgery was done to further expand the nostrils and make it easy for the child to breathe through.
The surgery was the fourth reported case in the world , the others being in Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Dr Numairy said: "The surgery would provide relief to the child."
Such surgeries could be performed only by a surgeon of Prof Meyer's stature, he said.
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