A surgery through lumbar-cervical anesthesia …..The first in Syria and the 11th in the world

A medical team at  Al-Mujtahid Hospital in Damascus succeeded in carrying out  a qualitative surgery “complete laryngectomy with selective bilateral neck scraping in addition to esophagus  fabrication” through lumbar anesthesia for a 61-year-old patient.

The specialist and Head of the ear department at the hospital, Dr. Razan Al-Jasem  explained in a statement to SANA  that the success and quality of the operation is due to the use of lumbar anesthesia for the neck due to the risk of general anesthesia on the patient’s life because of  the presence  of moderate-severity pulmonary emphysema with second-degree prickly cell larynx  cancer of the glottis and supraglottis.

Dr. Al-Jasem pointed out that, after conducting investigations and medical consultations, “epidural cervical anesthesia ” was chosen instead of general anesthesia, and the case was studied at length and the possibility of conducting it under local anesthesia . The operation  ended in a record time that did not exceed four hours, indicating that the operation , that was performed last Tuesday,  was successful with excellent results, and the patient is still under medical observation and is in good general condition and is gradually recovering.

Dr. Al-Jasem said: “According to the follow-up to this type of operations, it can be said that it is the first  of its kind in    Syria  as  this operation is carried out  under the influence of lumbar anesthesia in the epidural part and It is also considered the 11th  operation in the world as 10 operations were documented  according to international news.

Dr. Al-Jasem explained that the choice of lumbar cervical anesthesia was made for dozens of operations, but it was limited to surgeries that take a short time, such as thyroidectomy and  laryngeal surgery.

Rawaa Ghanam