Last updated Tuesday 09 June 2020
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Medipol Mega University Hospital performed a first surgery in Turkey by implanting a nerve bladder regulating battery for a boy with cracked steel (a congenital spinal defect).
The hospital said in a statement on Tuesday that the 16-year-old was a Libyan national, and that he was unable to control urination and defecation due to nerve damage caused by spina bifida.
He stressed that the process of transplanting the bladder battery saved him from relying on diapers for life.
The doctor in the Department of Urology, Waheed Gouzel Burch, explained that the operation he performed is the first of its kind in Turkey for this age group of children.
The Libyan boy’s mother said that she had been searching for hope in hospitals and clinics in different countries such as Tunisia and Egypt for years, but her hope was not fulfilled.
She added: “I heard that medicine has progressed in Turkey in recent years, so I decided to present my son to Medipol Mega University Hospital, after I learned that he had achieved successes in this field.”
After the success of the operation, she expressed her overwhelming happiness that her son got rid of diapers, as he was able to control urination and defecation, which improved his psychological state and increased his self-confidence.
For his part, Guzel Burch said that the tests he conducted showed the patient that the bladder was operating more than usual and its capacity was low, and after several attempts he decided to perform a bladder battery implantation (sacral nervous stimulation).
He pointed out that the operation, which was conducted in a limited number of medical centers around the world, created a kind of excitement among the medical staff in the hospital, especially that its success will have a significant impact on the comfort of the patient and his relatives.
And he added, “The multidisciplinary and experienced clinics recommend the battery to organize the nervous bladder for patients after obtaining an evaluation of all the departments concerned and the (medical) decision of the transplant decision.”
“We can obtain promising results when we perform a bladder battery transplant on our patients who do not have a nerve injury or any other reasons that prevent them from controlling the urination process,” he added.
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Source / A.A
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