By The Economist | 05/10/2024 – 6:00 p.m. | Share
A first for the Moulay El Hassan Ben El Mehdi regional hospital in Laâyoune. The structure carried out a urological surgical operation which consisted of a total cystoprostatectomy with enterocystoplasty in a sixty-year-old patient suffering from bladder cancer.
This surgical operation, which involved the removal of the cancerous bladder in a patient with replacement by his own intestine, thus marked a turning point in the management of urological cancer pathologies in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra in particular and in the level of the southern provinces in general.
This complex and meticulous procedure not only effectively treats cancer, but also offers the patient a surgical solution that preserves a normal body appearance.
The operation lasted approximately 8 hours, requiring extreme surgical precision and in-depth expertise from a multidisciplinary team coordinated by Professor Mellouki Adil, bringing together intensivists, anesthetists, and general surgeons, as well as paramedical and administrative teams.
