Afe Babalola Multi-system Hospital, Ado Ekiti, has successfully carried out its first functional Endoscopic sinus surgery, four months after it successfully performed three open-heart surgeries.

 

According to a statement by the Head of Corporate Affairs, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Mr Tunde Olofintila, the procedure was carried out on a young lady with recurrent growth in the nostrils with an extension to all the sinuses.

 

The lady was diagnosed with Antrochoanal Polyp with Pansinusitis, according to the statement.

 

Olofintila said the patient had a successful surgical procedure arising from the use of a minimally invasive technique with the advantage of short hospital stay and with minimal intra-operative blood loss.

 

“The beauty of the treatment was that the patient was discharged after an overnight admission for recuperation. By this successful surgery, ABUAD Multi-system Hospital has positively demonstrated its ability and capability to use this technique as a result of which Nigerians no longer need to travel abroad for the sake of undergoing Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

 

“Before the advent of Endoscopic sinus surgery, patients having sinus surgeries have had to undergo extensive surgeries involving incisions through the face or oral cavities. These surgeries are associated with extensive tissue dissection, significant blood loss, and the attendant post-operative pains, prolonged hospitalisation, and facial scars,” the statement said.

 

Olofintila added in the statement that the introduction of Endoscopic sinus surgery at Afe Babalola Multi-system Hospital would reduce medical tourism in the country.