Dr. Hesham Ben khayal has become an overwhelming success after conducting a major surgery for a 10-year-old boy, who is paralyzed from the waist down, adding a remarkable medical achievement to his professional balance.
The operation was performed in Nor Al-Islam clinic in Tripoli by a team of a high qualified doctors headed by Dr. Hesham , a neurosurgeon and a former head of department in Al-Sabeaa Hospital in southern Tripoli.
The ten-year-old boy with partial paralysis was attended to the local clinic after his family failed to find treatment abroad.
MRI spine revealed a positive test of spinal tumor disease that left him unable to move his lower part of the body. Paralysis or the inability of muscle movement is one of the most common disabilities resulting from spine tumor.
After a seven-hour surgery, the evaluation of gram-stained sample revealed no bacteria, while cultures of blood and pus aspirate were negative.
"The case is only one of five in the world to have success according to significant statistics made by global specialized centers" said D. Hesham.
The stunning results made specialized foreign medical journalism race to publish the diagnostic and practical steps that were undertaken. It was counted as one of the best researches on rare cases and a huge step toward beating this disease
A special award was granted to the clinic and the medical team who performed the surgery by Ecronicon Neurology.