العربية
920012222
Appointments Booking
About
Introduction
Chairman's Message
Dallah History
Hospital Accreditations
Careers
Dallah Namar
Find a Doctor
Medical Services
Nursing Services - Nursing accomplishment
Supporting Medical Services
Hospital Indicator
Dallah Namar Programs
Dallah Alnakheel
Find a Doctor
Medical Services
Nursing Services - Nursing accomplishment
Supporting Medical Services
Hospital Indicator
Dallah AlNakheel Programs
Dallah Home Care
Patient Care
Blood Donation Registration
Media Center
News & Events
Video Gallery
Podcast
Contact us
Get in Touch
Suggestion & Complaints
Mobile Application
Employee Email
Report a violation
Home
>
Media Center
>
News and Events
>
Success of Spinal fixation Surgery for old lady
News & Events
News & Events
Video Gallery
Podcast
Back to Listing
Success of Spinal fixation Surgery for old lady (ninety years old):
13 Jun, 2021
Dallah hospital – Namar has achieved a new medical achievement in the field of Spinal Surgery. Dr. Khalid Abdulshafy “ holding Saudi Board and fellowship of Europe Board” in collaboration with Dr. Rami AL-Shamrani “Consultant Neurosurgeon” has Saudi Board and Canadian Fellowship in Spinal Surgery. They performed surgery of spinal fixation for a lady in nineties of age as Dallah Namar Hospital well equipped with advanced equipment.
This team has ended the patient suffer as she was complaining of severe pain in low back radiating to lower limbs and unable to walk due to pan and muscles spasm, which diagnosed as acute stenosis in lumbar vertebrates and compression on nerves accompanied with instability in three levels.
According to Dr. Khalid Abdulshafy there are many factors make the decision of surgery hard, one of them is age and general anesthesia in addition to diagnosis of severe osteoporosis. As there was no other option than surgery after trial of all conservative treatments, it is decided to do the surgery to remove the compression by using surgical microscope and fixation of vertebrates and latest technology was used by injecting of bony cement in all affected vertebrates.
Dr. Abdulshafy extended his gratitude of the hospital management for securing all requirements to perform such operation and also extended his gratitude to anesthesia team (Dr. Ahmed Mossad, Dr. Ahmed Jabal) and Nursing team under supervision of Mrs. Remme Bossadas.
The surgery was successful and the patient discharged home in good condition.
Sign up for newsletter
Get latest news and update
Subscribe