A team of Iraqi surgeons saved the life of a 50-year-old man from Babylon who presented to Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital with ureteral cancer. The media department at IHH reported that the patient underwent a rare surgery that hasn’t been done before in the city of Karbala and this accomplishment was made thanks to the surgical skills of the medical staff and the quality of medical technology available at Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital.
The surgery involved the removal of parts of the patient’s kidneys, ureters, and bladder via abdominal laparoscopy in record time (approximately two and a half hours). Dr. Riyadh Rasheed Tuma led the surgical team.
The patient was discharged from the hospital after 48 hours in good health.
