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LYMPHEDEMA MAN TOLD OF HIS BIGGEST DREAM
41 year-old PT, who reached about 300 kilos and was unable to move, began to lose weight after balloon treatment at the city hospital. He said: “I have a bed in the Turkish house, I’m on it. I couldn’t move at all before the operation. Our biggest dream is to walk around with my wife and child,” he said.
38-year-old artisan PT, who learned that he had lymphedema 8 years ago in Esenyurt and gained weight quickly over time, reached 290 kilos. PT, who lived on the floor bed set up in the Hall of his house in Turkey, tried to meet his needs with the help of his wife and child in an area of about 2 square meters.
ST, the devoted wife of a young man who became almost unable to move due to his weight, was also a hand that his wife could not move. Over time, his condition worsened and the family were admitted to many hospitals, but the doors were closed to their faces. ST, who visited the hospitals alone because his wife could not move, last met with Başakşehir City Hospital where PT’s treatment was started.
Turkey Medicals member and Turkish Associate Professor, Clinical Officer Of Gastroenterology Surgery. Dr. pulmonology, Endocrinology, dietitian and anesthesia teams together with the patient whose weight is now threatening his life evaluated.
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A BALLOON WAS PLACED IN HIS STOMACH
As a result of the studies, it was decided to place a balloon in the patient’s stomach and the patient was taken to the operating room with an obese bed. After the successful operation, the balloon was placed in the patient’s stomach with the help of endoscopy. The patient, who began to lose weight shortly after the operation, lost about 15 kilos in two weeks. A special obese ambulance was called to the hospital for the super obesity category patient, who was discharged after his treatment at the hospital. The T couple tearfully described the difficult process they had experienced. The couple stated that their biggest dream was to be able to walk together like in the old days.
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HE WILL SHOW THE REAL SUCCESS HIMSELF
An assoc who provides information about the treatment process of a patient of about 300 kilos. Dr. “He came to us in a bit of an emergency because he had respiratory distress because he couldn’t fully open his lungs because of the weight, “said doctor. When he weighed 290-288 kilos, he can now breathe on his own, moving, albeit limited. We placed a balloon with an endoscope in operating room conditions. The goal of the balloon is to cover the inside in volume and change the lifestyle, as well as help diet treatment. In this process, we have a total of 14 days. He was able to go home, and after that, he now has the ball. If it fits diet treatments, if it comes to regular checks, our goal is to be able to do surgery in Turkey after giving about 15-20 percent of the body weight,” said.
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HEART RATE WAS OVER 120S
Doctor, who stated that the patient is now in good condition with a successful operation after being rejected by many hospitals, said: “we thought we could put our hand under the stone. He was out of breath when he arrived, no movement. A patient whose heart rate is over 120, his general condition is impaired, we can barely do a blood test, we can barely find a vein. Even for endoscopy, we were given a high risk when we interviewed our anesthesiologist friends. Because he really had trouble breathing. We also met with relatives of patients. It was a risky operation, we survived without accidents. After all, an endoscopy seems simple when you look at it, we can do it without putting people to sleep, but it was in the high-risk group for our patient. It was expressed by both anesthesia and pulmonology that his breathing could stop when he received the slightest anesthesia. It was a multi-disciplinary job, a bedridden patient who couldn’t breathe at all. Just a balloon, diet and medication within 15 days of the treatment of close to 15 kilos given” he said.
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I LIVE IN A 2-METER SPACE
PT who said he wanted to be able to walk with his family again, said: “I have been having weight problems for 8 years. I got lymphedema at the age of 30. After that, my rapid weight gain began. I’ve reached 285-290 kilos. We’ve applied to a lot of places, and no one has accepted it because it’s risky.
They applied balloon therapy to solve his weight problem. You can’t get up from where you’re sitting, you can’t travel. I also have a bed on the floor in the home environment, I’m on it. I live in no more than 2 square meters. Before the operation, I couldn’t move at all, I couldn’t breathe at all. Even in 15 days, they made me lose 15 kilos and move comfortably. I started this path for my child to see what would happen to them if I left, everything for him. We’ll make it, our biggest dream is to walk around with my wife, my child. I could walk until the last two years, ” he said.
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WE PUT 20 PEOPLE IN THE AMBULANCE
ST, who stated that the process they experienced was quite exhausting, said: “We had a very difficult process. I brought my wife here in an acute condition. He couldn’t breathe, he couldn’t walk, he couldn’t move, he had no movement. At least he can sit on his own right now, thank God. We even put 20 people in the ambulance. One person in the Antalya house is sick, but the entire family is experiencing this disease. He’s been completely restricted for about two years. We really miss traveling together. Hopefully, if he gets up, our first job is to go out and walk, so I don’t want anything else. We don’t want anything too luxurious, just walking. It could have happened to me, from time to time we said it was over, after that we probably didn’t, then we said death. There is no hospital left that we did not knock on the door, I am sure that when they see it, they will already say, ‘Oh, this patient came to me,’” he said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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