A Unique case
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 1, 2010 15:28
French doctors led by Professor Philip Dartevilya held in Paris, located near the Medical Center after Mary Lannlong the world’s first successful operation for reconstruction of the trachea. The man underwent surgery, with cancer, so before doctors had a difficult task, ITAR-TASS.
According to Professor Dartevilya, this is the first case of surgically creating a reliable substitute for human tracheal. It is believed that the tumor of the trachea is deadly because they lead to asphyxia. Now a successful technique will give hope to hundreds of cancer patients. Such techniques perfected since 2004. The main task of the medical profession was establishment of a reliable tracheal substitute, composed of tissue of the patient, in order to eliminate the possibility of rejection of the implant. Thus, the design was developed based on the element of skin measuring 9 by 12 inches, taken from a patient’s forearm. Before transplanting skin specially reinforced rib cartilage of the patient’s body, thereby creating an adequate analogue of the original trachea
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