المملكة: Restoring sight to an injured person after complex surgery at Uhud Hospital

A medical team specialized in The retinaand the vitreous, in cooperation with the eye surgery team at Uhud Hospital in Medina, restored sight to a 42-year-old beneficiary, after he suffered a severe eye injury while working in the carpentry field, through a precise and complex surgical operation that lasted more than 9 continuous hours.

The Medina Health Council explained that the beneficiary came to the hospital’s emergency department suffering from sudden loss of vision in the eye. The right side with severe pain, as a result of a penetrating injury resulting from the use of a hammer to drive a nail without protective and safety tools, as examinations showed the presence of a foreign metal object inside the eye accompanied by an acute purulent infection.

A complex operation

An urgent initial repair of the injury was performed, then it was decided to perform advanced secondary surgery to remove the metal object from the retina, with the participation of the specialists in front of the eye and surgery. The retina.

The group stated that the operation included extracting the damaged lens using the phaco technique and implanting a multi-piece artificial lens, then removing the vitreous body and removing the metal body through a small opening in the sclera, along with injecting antibiotics into the eye and treating the retina with a laser to compensate for the damage resulting from the injury.

The health group confirmed that after the operation The patient’s vision gradually improved, the pain disappeared significantly, his health condition stabilized, and he left the hospital in good health after completing the treatment plan.

This achievement is a confirmation of the excellence of the medical competencies at Uhud Hospital, and the success of the Medina Health Community in developing specialized surgical services and enhancing cooperation between ophthalmology teams to ensure the provision of advanced medical care to beneficiaries.

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