Saving the Life of a Diabetic from a Blockage in the Femoral Artery in Mouwasat Dammam

Saving the Life of a Diabetic from a Blockage in the Femoral Artery in Mouwasat Dammam

The medical team at Al-Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam was able, with the grace of God and expertise, to save the life of a diabetic patient in his sixties who was suffering from a complete blockage of the left femoral artery.

The patient had arrived at the consultant Dr. Ahmed Al-Naimi's clinic in the interventional radiology, after being transferred from the Diabetic Foot and Diabetic Unit, because of his suffering from diabetic foot disease that caused him inability to walk and a complete blockage of the left thigh artery. After the examination, Dr. Al-Naimi made an immediate decision to open the artery with balloons and place a stent on it. Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection technology, is an excellent negative contrast agent, which is used in a variety of vascular interventions and digital angiography. By the grace of God, the patient then recovered, and was able to leave the hospital the next day in good health to practice his life normally.

This technique (carbon dioxide injection) which was used by consultant Dr. Al-Naami is one of the modern technologies that is used for the first time in the private sector hospitals in the Eastern Province due to the high dissolution rate and rapid spread through the lungs, knowing that carbon dioxide gas is considered safe for intravascular use. Hematologic, and it is used in cases with insufficient kidney function, with patients who are suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, who are prone to kidney failure when using the traditional dye.

It is worth noting that this type of operation is considered the most advanced and reliant on modern medical technology, and goes in line with the vision of Al-Mouwasat Medical Services Company in attracting competencies, subspecialties and providing the latest medical technologies and equipment in this field.