JEDDAH —Medical staff and a team of specialists at Saudi German Hospital in Jeddah performed a rare eight-hour surgery to save the arm of a man in his 20s from being amputated. The young man had been in a car accident that resulted in multiple injuries and severe fractures to the top of the patient's left arm. He had suffered a double fracture; cuts in the arteries, veins and nerves; lacerations in the muscles; and parts of the skin were missing. The man was immediately admitted to the operating room, where a diverse team of vascular specialists and orthopedics performed the surgery. The patient underwent an operation of external bones fixation, repair of arteries and veins of the injured arm as well as replacement of the missing parts. Dr. Mahmoud Salah, consultant vascular surgeon at the hospital, explained the young man's condition is stable and will eventually be able to resume his normal life. — SG
