Woman’s life saved after UAE surgeons remove brain tumour, reconstruct skull

Fujairah: A woman’s life has been saved in the UAE after a rare operation to remove a brain tumour and implant a prosthetic in a gap in her skull, Fujairah Hospital said on Sunday.

The surgical team at Fujairah Hospital, an affiliate of Emirates Health Services (EHS), successfully performed the operation to remove a meningioma tumour and implant a 3D-printed prosthetic.

Tests and CT scans of the patient revealed a gap in the skull, which required the installation of a prosthetic. The hospital collaborated with a specialised institution in the US to design a piece made of polyethylene ketone using 3D-printing technology. Neurosurgeons at Fujairah Hospital were able to remove the tumour, and then proceeded to implant the prosthetic and reconstruct the skull.

Fujairah Hospital had recently announced that its medical teams performed 684 successful surgeries in the first quarter of 2022, including 186 cardiac catheterisation operations using the new catheter device. The hospital had also said it had performed a total of 3,135 procedures last year, including 552 cardiac catheterisations.