About 20 health professionals from Turkey and Kosovo were engaged in performing the operation on a 28-year-old patient, which lasted over 13 hours. This operation was performed for the first time in the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK).
Due to the lack of specialization of the surgeons, it was impossible to perform this operation successfully without the help of the medical team from Turkey.
This surgical intervention was done to remove the tumor from the part of the jaw, in which case the part of the lower jaw was completely removed and replaced with parts of the patient’s leg.
The Director of Maxillofacial Surgery, Alban Olluri, in an interview for KosovaPress, says that such interventions are not performed in some countries of the region, due to the complexity.
Olluri emphasizes that 20 members of the medical team from Turkey and some other locals were involved in the 13-hour operation, which was carried out about two weeks ago.
He emphasizes that without the help of health professionals from Turkey, this operation would not be possible.
However, Olluri points out that four surgeons from the Maxillofacial Clinic are attending training in Bohum and Aachen, Germany, so that in the future this type of surgery will be performed by them.
For KosovaPress, Olluri announced that due to the patient’s neglect for about 6 years, his condition has reached this point.
He points out that the lower jaw has been completely removed, but has been replaced with bone, muscle and blood vessel parts from the leg. Despite this, the patient’s leg has not been damaged, and he will be able to walk as before, without any complications.
Among other things, Olluri says that within a month, the patient who underwent this operation will begin to recover and return to normality. He is still being treated at this clinic. /Z. Zeneli/
