The adolescent Mamadou Seydou arrived in Spain by the hands of the GUP Association to be handled for a big ameloblastoma that affected two thirds of the jaw and prolonged to the bottom of the cranium.
The tumor had steadily grown to greater than 20 centimeters and was increasing in direction of the throat, making it significantly troublesome to ingest liquids and meals. “We instantly realized that one thing like this was not possible to function in his nation of origin. It was important to convey him to Spain if we needed to save lots of his life, since his state of well being had deteriorated significantly in a short while,” highlighted Raquel Peris, affiliation director.
It had been about 4 years since Mamadou had began creating this uncommon, non-cancerous tumor, which is positioned primarily within the jaw, close to the molars.
To take away it, the affiliation contacted the Vithas Valencia 9 de Octubre maxillofacial surgeon, Ignacio Solís. “He was fully malnourished, if he had taken longer to convey him he would have died with absolute certainty”, the physician has indicated.
The intervention, of greater than ten hours, has been attainable due to the collaboration of the Vithas Foundation, the Vithas Valencia 9 de Octubre hospital, the physician’s medical workforce and the GUP Association.
The advanced surgical course of has allowed the entire resection of the tumor and the reconstruction of the mandible with a free fibula flap, which can permit him to guide a “completely regular” life.
already at residence
After the advanced intervention, the rehabilitation course of turned sophisticated, because the younger man’s superior malnutrition affected the therapeutic course of and brought on the injuries on his face and leg to open, for which he needed to be operated on once more. “We needed to make a brand new flap to cowl the injuries that had opened. In this case we took it from the pectoral”, the surgeon detailed.
After the second intervention, Mamadou skilled a really constructive evolution within the following months and was capable of return to his nation. “His well being was superb earlier than he left, he had doubled his weight and was capable of eat completely by mouth, one thing that was not possible when he got here. Mamadou has returned to smiling, taking part in, having enjoyable and can be capable of lead a completely regular life” , the specialist has concluded.
Dr. Ángel Ayuso, company scientific director of Vithas and managing director of Fundación Vithas has revealed that “the collaboration and joint work of all of the events concerned have been important for Mamadou to have the ability to return to Senegal with a brand new face and a hopeful future.”
For his half, the managing director of Hospital Vithas Valencia 9 de Octubre, Dr. José Luis Rey, careworn that the middle is “a benchmark for healthcare within the extremely advanced surgical space, which permits us to handle circumstances as sophisticated as this We knew that we may contribute to bettering Mamadou’s high quality of life and we didn’t hesitate for a minute to hitch the initiative”.
This solidarity motion has additionally had the collaboration of Mamás en Acción, an entity that has offered Mamadou with hospital help through the time he has been hospitalized.