DR. ALDERWI, PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY PERFORMS SUCCESSFULLY UNUSUAL SURGICAL OPERATION

A rare surgical operation was performed for a lady in her twenties who has been suffering from a severe abdominal pain. After she has been diagnosed, it turned out that she is suffering from unusual disease called ‘lemmel's syndrome’, a case occurs when a duodenal diverticulum causes obstructive jaundice due to a mechanical obstruction of the common bile duct.
As several diagnoses using endoscopy was done for the patient has failed to determine the cause of the pain, she had to undergo for a surgery. The surgical operation was performed successfully by Dr. Nasser Al-Derwi, Associate Professor of General Surgery at the College of Medicine of Majmaah University.
Dr. Al-Derwi explained that such unusual cases often requires the involvement of surgical operation, particularly when the upper endoscopy is unable to identify the cause of the disease.
He extended his thanks to both the Dean of Medical College, Dr. Khalid Al-Abdelwahhab and MU Rector, Dr. Khalid Al-Mugren for their support.