The British newspaper ‘Daily Mail’ has revealed that a 50-year-old woman had a new nose installed on her arm after cancer destroyed her real nose, as the patient, known as Karen, lived without most of her nose. for 8 years, but in July, she had a transplant Doctors installed a device in her arm to implant a new nose for the patient, who was able to restore her sense of smell through this new nose.
New structure of the nose
The newspaper said the French patient, known as Karen, cut off part of her real nose to treat breast cancer in 2013, while the operation saved her life. she held biological material and she held it on her arm using modern technology. This year, the structure was then implanted under the skin on her forearm where cells and blood vessels grew into the device over a period of two months.
Implantation of a new nose in the arm
And the paper said that, after two months, she had her “nose” implanted in her face, and the blood vessels inside it were connected to those in her temples. The patient is very happy with her new nose, and says the helps breathe better and smell his garden. The member, he told Karen, can now breathe “a little better” with his new nose for 20 minutes, adding: alive “It’s a miracle. This vital substance was my last resort and I applaud the research and work of the doctors who have helped me.”.
The newspaper said the patient has been diagnosed nose cancer In 2013, she received chemotherapy and radiation therapy to cure it, ridding the patient of cancer, but also depriving him of most of his nose..
Doctors initially tried skin grafts to replace the missing tissue, but that soon wore off. She was also given prostheses, but the patient struggled to keep them in place. At this point, surgeons Dr. Agnes Dupret-Porres and Dr. Benjamin Valéry suggested that they try a nose replant. They implanted The device is on the forearm because the skin here is much thinner, like the skin on the face.
The patient had to visit the hospital frequently while the skin was growing to make sure it was working well and there was no damage. After two months they determined that she had grown enough to move it to her nose. Once she was in place, the scientists used a microscope to connect blood vessels in the device to those in the face of the device and to replace the missing skin on her forearm, they took a graft from her thighs..
The patient spent 10 days in the hospital after the operation and was given antibiotics, but it was a success.
He said: “It’s a custom-designed biological material implant, which was basically a scaffold for colonizing the patient’s body.“There was no solution in reconstructing such large parts of the face, with this device, we hope we can provide a satisfactory result in two operations.
The patient currently has no sensation in the implant, which the doctors have described as a cosmetic and social reconstruction, and have suggested that a third operation would be needed to restore these sensations.
