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Emirati teen gets new life at Dubai hospital

Dubai - A multi-specialty team of vascular surgeons and international radiologists took immediate action and decided to opt for minimally invasive procedures to save the patient.

Timely intervention by doctors at Rashid Hospital saved the life of an 18-year-old Emirati after he was critically injured in a quad bike accident in the desert.
Ambulance officials brought the patient into Rashid Hospital's trauma centre on January 7 at 1:30am with polytrauma and massive bleeding. A multi-specialty team of vascular surgeons and international radiologists took immediate action and decided to opt for minimally invasive procedures to save the patient.
Dr Ayman Al Sibaie, consultant interventional radiologist at Rashid Hospital, said: "The accident had resulted in a severe injury to the patient's aorta (main blood vessel in the human body), and thus the patient was in an extremely critical condition when he was brought in to the hospital.
"We decided to go ahead with the endovascular approach as it is minimally invasive and less risky compared to an open surgery. Through the use of advanced technology we repaired the aorta by stent-graft method. We inserted a catheter in the groin region and implanted a stent graft in the aorta to stop the bleeding and restore normal blood flow."
Dr Ahmad Saadat, interventional radiologist at Rashid Hospital, said that mostly in such cases, unfortunately, patients succumb to the bleeding in the ambulance itself and that time is of the absolute essence in saving the life of patients with such injuries.
asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com