The
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria
yesterday launched a new form of urological surgery, which entails an
operation without cutting patient’s body; the first of its kind in the
hospital and other parts of Nigeria.
Flagging off the “cut-less”
urological surgery of removing prostrate, the Chief Medical Director
(CMD) of the hospital, Professor Lawal Khalid, said the essence of
introducing surgery without cutting the patient’s body is to launch the
hospital into the 21st century where surgeries are being conducted based
on modern technologies.
“Today, we are making history in this
hospital. It is a day that we shall live to remember. Endoscopic
urological surgery has come to stay in this hospital. It is a form of
carrying out an operation without having to cut anybody; it does not
require the knife. We’ve been hearing about this for a long time, we
thank God that today it is at our door steps”, Professor Khalid said.
Also speaking, the consultant and
Chief Urologist of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), who is also the
facilitator of the surgery, Professor Sani Alhassan, described the new
development as the “gold standard” of modern world.
“Trans-uriteral process is the gold
standard now for removing prostate comparable to any other method. This
has been in practice since 1950s in the developed countries,” Professor
Alhassan said.
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