A sixty-year-old patient endured five difficult years of chronic pain and debilitating high blood pressure. She suffered from a complete obstruction in her right ureter, which led to the kidney closing and urine accumulating inside it. This was accompanied by a loss of appetite and recurring infections that exhausted her body.
In previous attempts, treatment was only palliative, consisting of inserting a temporary catheter that was changed every six months under spinal anesthesia, due to fears of general anesthesia, which posed a real threat to her life.
Although the procedure was seemingly simple, each time represented a new journey of pain and indescribable psychological and physical suffering.
But the will to live met with the expertise of doctors at Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital, where a surgical team led by urologist Dr. Amir Al-Araji successfully performed a high-precision surgery that took three full hours under general anesthesia, supervised by Dr. Abdul Amir Nouri.
The surgery involved reconstructing and beautifying the renal pelvis, and expanding the ureter to successfully reconnect it to the kidney, ensuring normal urine flow. This ended years of suffering and allowed the patient to begin a new phase of comfort and recovery.
