The medical team at Kuwait Hospital in Sharjah, affiliated with the Emirates Health Services Foundation, achieved a remarkable medical accomplishment and leadership in responding to emergency cases by performing a complex surgery to remove an enlarged spleen from a patient in his thirties. This rare and difficult-to-diagnose condition contributed to saving the patient's life.
Ameenah Karam, the director of Kuwait Hospital, confirmed that the hospital receives many complex and rare cases. She highlighted that the Emirates Health Services Foundation's commitment to equipping the hospital with the latest diagnostic devices and high-tech equipment that meets the highest global quality standards, alongside the medical talents working at the hospital, significantly contributed to the success of such operations and led to a qualitative shift in the level of healthcare services provided.
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Najumi, a consultant and head of the surgery department at Kuwait Hospital in Sharjah, stated that the condition treated at the hospital represents one of the most challenging and rare surgical operations, occurring in one out of a thousand individuals, with only a very small part of that percentage being diagnosed and known. He noted that the incidence of rupture and bleeding in such cases is 3 in every 100,000 people.
In detail, the patient arrived on his own, experiencing dizziness and pain in the upper part of the abdomen. After conducting necessary analyses and examinations to diagnose the condition, it was found that a part of the artery supplying the spleen was expanding. The patient's blood pressure and hemoglobin levels dropped, accompanied by increased dizziness and abdominal pain.
In light of the diagnostics, doctors' suspicions of internal bleeding rose, leading to a decision to perform a CT scan, which confirmed the presence of abdominal bleeding and the beginning of a rupture in the dilated part of the main splenic artery. The doctors immediately decided to remove the enlarged spleen, preceded by a brief exploratory surgery to locate and control the bleeding, which took less than 3 minutes.
The surgical operation lasted for 1 hour and 15 minutes due to the doctors' skill and the swift decision for an initial exploratory surgery to identify the bleeding site. Afterward, the patient was provided with fluids, blood products, and necessary medications, facilitating his return to normal condition three days after the rare surgery.
Dr. Issa Al-Maaili, a surgical consultant and assistant director for medical affairs, pointed out that the continuous updates by the Emirates Health Services Foundation of diagnostic devices and equipment according to the latest global standards have helped elevate the quality of healthcare services provided, enabling the medical team to perform such operations.
