Surgeons have successfully treated an Emirati baby boy suffering from a rare condition following a surgical first in the UAE.
The operation last month was complex because the condition was rare; the patient was premature and there was a large volume of fluid in his abdomen, said paediatric surgeon Dr Raja Cingapagu, who performed the operation along with a team of specialists.
Finding that the baby’s condition was deteriorating, doctors decided to deliver the baby in an effort to save his life.
Doctors decided to conduct an emergency operation that lasted four hours, during which they identified the birth defect as a cyst that affected 15 centimetres of the baby’s bowel. The cyst caused twisting and perforation of the bowel, leading to a fluid build-up.
