Ajman hospital performs surgery using 3D-printed bone
AJMAN, UAE, January 25, 2021 The team of doctors at Thumbay University Hospital, Ajman have performed a mid-foot reconstruction using 3-D technology and saving a nine-year old Nigerian boy from foot amputation. The young boy who had severely injured his right foot including bones and soft tissues because of the accidental gunshot in Nigeria had lost all hopes of getting it back as numerous consultations with Doctors in his native country and in UAE had only indicated one solution: foot amputation. After a thorough analysis and a CT angiography of the foot, Dr Faisal Ameer, Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Thumbay University Hospital, concluded that salvation of the limb was possible, with a series of complex surgeries and treatments.
First-ever 3-D printed Titanium bone surgery saves Nigerian boy s foot from amputation in Ajman
25 Jan 2021
Staff Reporter
A young boy from Nigeria, who had severely injured his right foot including bones and soft tissues because of the accidental gunshot in his country, got on to his foot, thanks to the team of Doctors at Thumbay University Hospital.
The boy had lost all hopes of getting it back as numerous consultations with doctors in his native country and in UAE had only indicated one solution: foot amputation.
It was then the team of doctors led by Dr Faisal Ameer, Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Thumbay University Hospital, pitched in and achieved this humongous feat by successfully performing a mid-foot reconstruction using 3-D technology and saving a 9-year old Nigerian boy from foot amputation.
UAE: Surgery saves boy s limb from amputation
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Doctors use 3D printing technology to carry out the complex surgical procedure
A team of doctors at Thumbay University Hospital has successfully conducted a first-of-its-kind foot reconstruction surgery on a Nigerian boy, 9, which saved his right leg from amputation.
The doctors used the 3D printing technology to carry out the complex surgical procedure.
The boy’s right leg was severely injured because of a gunshot wound back home, and his family members had consulted several doctors in Nigeria and the UAE.
However, all of them had diagnosed that the boy s right leg needed to be amputated.
Indian minister tours Thumbay facilities during UAE visit
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He was accompanied by Dr Aman Puri, Consul-General of India in Dubai.
V Muraleedharan, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, paid a visit to Thumbay Medicity, Ajman on Thursday where he was greeted by Dr Thumbay Moideen, founder-president of Thumbay Group.
He was accompanied by Dr Aman Puri, Consul-General of India in Dubai.
The minister, who is on a three-day visit to the UAE, toured the advanced healthcare and medical education facilities at Thumbay Medicity, including Gulf Medical University (GMU) – the largest private medical university in the Middle East and the 350-bed Thumbay University Hospital, which has the biggest private academic hospital in the region.