Stories

"The Aortic Aneurysm" is a serious condition that can lead to the patient's death at any time due to the tearing of the expanded diseased part of the vessel.   With accompanying complaints of severe abdominal pain and low blood pressure, a 75-year-old patient was referred to the Surgical Emergency Department at the Specialized Surgical [...]

Our patient (A.Q., 50 years old) endured extremely challenging days, but they are now just memories after a successful precise vascular surgery performed on them at Idlib Specialized Surgical Hospital a few days ago.   The patient arrived in a severely emaciated state, displaying clear signs of malnutrition. They expressed a genuine fear of consuming [...]

While malnutrition is life-threatening, neglecting this condition is equally dangerous as the disease itself, as seen in the case of one-year-old Mohammed Sbahieh. He suffered from severe mixed malnutrition, and his family continuously refused to take him to the hospital until his condition deteriorated, and edema spread throughout his body, starting from his feet.   [...]

Every soul we save drives us to provide our surgical services with boundless expertise. Our story today comes from Idlib Surgical Hospital, where a fifty-year-old lady was successfully treated for a tumor in the carotid artery. This type of tumor is rare and non-cancerous, developing into small tumor cells at the bifurcation of the carotid [...]

These are not just ordinary triplets. They are three newborn baby girls who have succeeded in undergoing one of the riskiest humanitarian journeys within their mothers' bodies. Having a fetus with two others in the mother's womb means the possibility of death in the worst cases or premature birth in the best cases. However, these [...]