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Abu Dhabi: The stomach of an Emirati lady in Abu Dhabi was removed completely throughout a ten-hour process in order to treat her aggressive stomach cancer. Surgeons at Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Medical City then created an alternate pathway from the gut to mimic the features of the stomach as a substitute for digestion and excretion. The affected person, who’s in her 30s, went on to undertake a particular eating regimen after the surgical procedure.
Aggressive tumour
“The affected person had first reported stomach ache and preliminary investigations revealed that she was in her second month of being pregnant. We additionally took a biopsy from the stomach by means of the endoscope to confirm the reason for the ache. The biopsy confirmed the presence of an aggressive tumour that had penetrated the stomach wall and unfold to the floor of the liver, and even across the bladder. The state of affairs due to this fact known as for the event of a personalised remedy technique,” Dr Humaid Al Shamsi, medical oncologist guide and head of oncology on the hospital, advised Gulf News.
“Because of the dangers concerned, we opted to terminate the being pregnant and initiated remedy to forestall additional unfold of the illness,” Dr Al Shamsi defined. Three sorts of immunotherapies, a collection of six chemotherapy periods and focused therapies had been then prescribed to first cease the unfold of the Stage 4 tumour.
Complex surgical procedure
Dr Al Shamsi stated stomach cancer is usually very aggressive and spreads quickly to different inside organs. It was due to this fact determined to surgically take away the tumour to forestall additional unfold of the cancerous tissues.
“During the ten-hour surgical procedure, all the stomach and cancerous tissues contained in the stomach wall, in addition to the affected tissues in the liver and bladder, had been removed. Chemotherapy was additionally administered throughout the advanced process and an alternate pathway was created in the gut to mimic the features of the stomach to support her in digesting meals and excreting waste,” defined Dr Sadir Al Rawi, basic surgical procedure guide and head of oncology companies at VPS Healthcare, the hospital’s mother or father firm.
The availability of such surgical procedures and superior remedy protocol in the UAE, coupled with a excessive success price, reduces the necessity for sufferers to journey overseas.
The affected person has thanked the medical employees and stated that she was ready to lastly reside a pain-free life after two years of struggling. “She can be following a particular eating regimen to help the therapeutic course of,” Dr Al Rawi added.
