Dubai: Doctors saved a man’s life by reconstructing his stomach using his small intestines in a landmark surgery at Saudi German Hospital recently.
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Mohammad Rafaat, 66, from Nigeria was diagnosed with stomach cancer and aneruysms of the illiac arteries and lower aorta.
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He visited several Dubai hospitals but only Saudi German Hospital was prepared to handle his case.
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The gastroenterology department confirmed the stomach cancer diagnosis with an endoscopic ultrasound and the tumour board recommended a total removal of the stomach.
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Aneurysms were treated with endovascular stenting and 24 hours later the patient underwent a six hour surgery to remove the stomach and reconstruct a new organ using the small intestine.
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The patient is now doing well and undergoing chemotherapy for stage three cancer.
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