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Successful Life-Saving Surgery at King Khalid Hospital in Hafr Al-Batin
29 May 2017
Thanks to Allah, a medical team at King Khalid Hospital in Hafr Al-Batin has successfully managed to save the life of an injured person, who was stabbed (with depth of 10 cm) in the back of his right shoulder with severe bleeding and inflammation. The orthopedic surgical team and vascular surgery team at the hospital has conducted a surgery for wound exploration; out the fact that his case is critical (live-saving case). The wound exploration revealed an injury under the right subclavian artery behind the large thoracic muscle. Thus, the bleeding has been stopped by the ligation of bleeding arteries and axillary artery repair. The surgery took 4 hours, after which the patient was transferred to the ICU. Now, the patient’s his health is stable, May Allah be praised.



Last Update : 30 May 2017 02:53 PM
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