Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Al Qassim in collaboration with King Fahd Specialist Clinic in Buraidah in conducting a very rare yet, a successful operation. 

The 26 years old patient suffered from severe lung inflammation and a purulent collection resulting from complications in the stomach. After a series of clinical examinations, it was found out that there was an opening between the digestive and the respiratory system. The CT scan and the upper endoscopy showed that these openings created a rare complication. 

A medical meeting was conducted between King Fahd Clinic and Prince Sultan Cardiac Center doctors of the digestive system, general surgery, and diagnostic radiology. They carefully discussed the case and what to do to make it successful. They decided to take the patient to the cardiac catheterization laboratory of the center. Under general anesthesia, the catheter was performed under the supervision of Dr. Nawaf Al-Mutairi, consultant of the digestive system and endoscopy and Dr. Abdullah Al-Qwaee, the center’s medical director and consultant of cardiac catheterization. A speculum was made and the opening of the hole was found. The medical team managed to close the hole successfully and in record time. 

Dr. Abdullah Harbi, consultant to general surgery and obesity, stated that this kind of operation represents a qualitative treatment for the rare complications of cutting the stomach, which is called infusion. He also heartily thanked the people behind the heart center in Al-Qassim for their immediate response, and for quickly providing the needs for the operation. 

Both King Fahd Specialist Clinic and Prince Sultan Cardiac Center were proud and pleased with the success of the operation they have conducted.