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Tawam Hospital, in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine and part of the SEHA healthcare system, has successfully performed three advanced microsurgery procedures involving reconstructive surgeries.

During the last quarter of 2014, the Plastic and reconstructive Surgery division of Tawam Hospital performed a free fasciocutaneous flap surgery to reconstruct a patients foot after tumor excision. Another patient who had tumor removal from the mouth was operated on to reconstruct the oral cavity and tongue with a free flap. The third patient had a free bone flap transfer with the head of the bone by microsurgery technique to reconstruct the wrist joint after tumor excision.

Reconstructive surgery is performed utilizing a special microscope and precise instruments to execute intricate operations on tiny structures that are invisible to the naked eye. In a microsurgery, surgeons are able to repair transected blood vessels, arteries and nerves that are less than 1 millimeter in diameter with the use of high power magnification with stitches finer than hair.

Tawam Hospital is very proud to have completed these advanced reconstructive microsurgeries successfully to help our patients. The intricate procedures also attest to the advanced medical expertise of Tawam Hospital and our team providing assurance to our patients that they are in good hands. We are happy to report that the three patients are now able to function normally, said Dr. Ammar S. Saleh Al Dhamin, Specialist of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery who performed the surgeries. Dr. Al Dhamin has a clinical fellowship in Microsurgery Surgery from Dalhousi in Canda and he is a member of Surgeons College in Ireland.

Tawam Surgery Department Chairman, Brian D. Gill, commended the team: This surgical team is world class. As experts in their specialized areas of advanced surgical techniques, these surgeons and support staff have achieved a great milestone with the successful completion of these three microsurgical flap reconstructions. We expect continued expansion of the microsurgical program here at Tawam Hospital and we all congratulate the operative team for excellent work. Dr Gill has a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Surgery.

Performing advanced reconstructive microsurgery helps that surgeons trained abroad can share their expertise and help patients from the UAE and the entire region get the best healthcare available especially after removal of tumors, said Dr. Latifa Al Dhaheri, an Emirati Surgical trainee at Tawam Hospital who is part of the team responsible for the microsurgeries.

Tawam Hospital is also proud of its Emirati medical experts currently working at the leading institution. The hospital actively recruits and engages a national workforce. On average, the Emiratization rate at Tawam is 16 percent. Tawam Hospital is part of the SEHA Health System, owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Tawam Hospital is part of the SEHA Health System owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

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