A team of surgeons at Otorinolaringology has carried out an unusual surgical intervention, removing from the nose of a 71-year-old patient a 3.1-pound, 50-inch tumoric mass.
According to surgeon O RL, Teddy Minarolli, the intervention did not present tremendous technical difficulties, but the size of the move was unprecedented.
As for the level of difficulty, it was average, but in size it was unprecedented. 3.1 kg and 5 inches [50 cm] in the nose, has declared Minarolli.
The 71-year-old patient was a prisoner and, according to doctors, this may have contributed to the refusal of health treatments, causing measures to grow to such proportions. The surgeon Minarolle has indicated that it was difficult at first to believe the photograph of the case he had been sent before the patient was referred to for treatment.
Meanwhile, ORL service chief Birkena Kyriazi has expressed concern about increasing the number of patients seeking late-stage medical assistance when their situation has been significantly complicated. However, she has expressed optimism about the work and success of young doctors.
The intervention was successfully carried out by the ORL team, under Birkena Kyrias and Teddy Minroll, with the participation of Kristi Tata and Arly Kokoman, as well as the care of the new intensive care team and doctors, the TCC reports.