Specialized medical team at IHH successfully treated a patient’s left hand without the need for amputation, following a severe accident that resulted in extensive bleeding and nerve damage.
Dr. Ihsan Al-Amri, vascular surgeon at IHH, said: “The surgery was important and successful, preventing the amputation of the patient’s left hand after he suffered a partial nerve injury and severe bleeding due to an accident.”
He adds: “During the accident, the patient suffered from both a severed brachial artery and a partial nerve injury.”
He also added: “An emergency surgical intervention was performed to stop the bleeding and reattach the severed artery and partially reattach the nerve.”
Al-Amri confirmed that: “The surgery was successful, and the patient’s hand has fully recovered and is now fully functional.”