Even in the 16th week of pregnancy, specialists diagnosed a pathology in the child – sacrococcygeal teratoma, a congenital tumor.
Lvov surgeons operated on a baby born with a one-kilogram tumor. The giant formation was removed by surgeons in St. Nicholas Children’s Hospital, reports the First Medical Association of Lvov.
“Little Ustina was born a month ago. The girl was born with a giant tumor, but both parents and doctors were ready for it. After all, even at the 16th week of pregnancy, it was diagnosed of specialists the child with pathology – sacrococcygeal teratoma – a congenital tumor. Ustina’s parents themselves are from Stryi, and decided to give birth in Lviv – in the maternity ward of St.
The girl was operated on on the third day after birth.
“Doctors successfully removed a tumor that weighed approximately one kilogram and accounted for 25% of the baby’s body weight. The tumor was removed along with the coccyx and part of the sacral bone, which is the world standard for such surgical interventions. A soft tissue defect formed in the area where the giant teratoma was located. In order to close it, the specialists also had to perform a skin graft on the child at the same time. They cut pieces of skin from the adjacent area and implanted them in the area where the tumor Such plastic surgeries are not often performed on babies, because children are born with tumors of large sizes that are relatively rare. The surgery took for about five hours and successfully,” the press service of the medical association.
Doctors noticed that after such a surgical intervention, the child fully preserved the function of the pelvic organs.
“The postoperative period also passed without complications. Ustina and her parents returned home – to Stryi. And now the baby will be taken to the specialists of the St. Nicholas Children’s Hospital only for routine examinations, “said of the message.
It was previously reported that Lviv doctors transplanted a kidney from an infant to a five-year-old child.
We remind you that in Lviv a woman was removed with a giant tumor weighing 13 kilograms.
Source: korrespondent
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