During his young age, the boy survived 7 operations in different countries, and dozens of clinics that failed to help him.
All his life, the boy struggled with a congenital ailment – a complex cleft palate. The defect was not just cosmetic, it changed the quality of life: food got into his nose, and because of the straw, the boy could not drink at all.
The first operation to close the lip defect was performed at the age of 3 months. By the age of 10, he managed to close the defect of the soft palate. The doctors could not close the tumor.
Artem’s family did not stop trying to consult maxillofacial surgeons throughout the country. But each operation made the next one more difficult, because of the scars, the tissues became immobile, so it was difficult to form a flap to close the defect.
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At some point, surgeons from Kharkiv and Kyiv advised to turn to Turkey, because this is a very complex pathology. The boy was operated on in Poland, but there was no result. The most modern method of treatment was offered at the Center for Children’s Medicine, “Okhmatdyt” Hospital.
“We decided to look for more options and found a solution in Lviv. The very next day, we rushed from Kyiv to Lviv, got to a consultation, and here we were offered a new solution that suited us and my son perfectly,” said the patient’s mother.
In the operating room, it was possible to close the connection of the nasal cavity with the oral cavity, the flap from the cheek has taken root, the palate has sufficient blood circulation, everything has healed well and Artem is already at home. All the time, he and his mother are in contact with their doctors from Lviv.