With the investments made in health and the appointment of specialist physicians in Hakkari city center and districts, successful surgeries began to be performed on-site. Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist Op., who started working at Yüksekova State Hospital 2 months ago. Dr. Emrah Köksal started performing surgeries that had never been performed before in the district. Dr. performed two successful surgeries within a week. Köksal first stitched up the finger of Zekeriya Gümüşgöz, whose left little finger was severed while holding on to the garbage container to avoid falling on the road. Dr. intervened for the worker named Mehmet Tahir Dikçe, whose finger was crushed as a result of a work accident 2 days ago. Köksal temporarily placed the finger in the abdominal area using the packaging method.
“WE REMOVED OUR PATIENT’S severed finger”
Describing the operation process of his patient named Zekeriya Gümüşgüz, Küksal stated that he performed a finger reconstruction surgery that had never been performed in the region before and said, “Finger reconstruction surgery. in many centers It is a surgery that cannot be performed. It was a difficult surgery that lasted 6 hours.
We stitched up our patient’s completely severed finger. This surgery is performed for the first time in the region. “Of course, we were able to do this because we had a microscope in our hospital,” he said.
“WE PREFERRED NOT TO BURY HIS FINGER IN HIS ABDOMEN TO SAVE HIS FINGER”
Dr. stated that 2 days ago, the severed finger of the patient named Mehmet Tahir Dikçe was placed in the abdominal area using the packaging method. Küksal said, “When the patient came to us, the part of his 4th finger, which we call the soft tissue, was completely severed.
The bone was exposed, and since there was no tissue to cover the bone, the finger had to be shortened or covered with new tissue. Our patient did not particularly want his finger to be shortened. We chose to bury his finger in his abdomen to save it. We will remove his finger, which has integrated with the tissue, from his abdomen after 3 weeks.
We will continue the appropriate treatment according to the condition of his finger. “Thanks to the treatment, both patients will start using their fingers easily in a short time,” he said.
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