2023-09-15 18:00:34
The IMSS was created on January 19, 1943 by the then president Manuel Ávila Camacho.
It currently has more than 60 million beneficiaries registered, that is, half of the country’s total population.
Thanks to the multidisciplinary work of the IMSS staff, it was possible to treat a girl with craniofacial asymmetry, a very rare condition.
With 80 years of history, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) It remains the basis of public health in the country. Although there are many complaints about their service, it should also be recognized when something is done well. In the end, the work of its medical staff speaks for itself.
Description of what happened
In this sense, it is time to talk about a feat achieved by a multidisciplinary team from the IMSS-BIENESTAR Specialty Hospital “Dr. Antonio González Guevara” located in Nayarit. Thanks to the group effort, a surgical procedure called “cranial remodeling and bilateral fronto-orbital advancement” was performed. As a result, the neurodevelopment of a one-year-old girl will significantly benefit.
Specialist José Alberto Cruz Cruz, pediatric neurosurgeon, explained that two months ago he received a one-year-old patient. The minor had a facial skull asymmetrya rare condition in children, so treatment was given and the greatest possible benefit was achieved.
What is craniosynostosis?
A Pediatric specialist from this Specialty Hospital diagnosed craniosynostosis, that is, the premature fusion of the skull structures. This condition causes an anatomical deformity in the cranial vault and, consequently, a restriction in brain growth and functional limitation and maturity of the nervous tissue.
Doctors from the IMSS-BIENESTAR Hospital in Nayarit save the life of a minor, with complex surgery ➡️ pic.twitter.com/BeoW8Ku3YT
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The main objective of this operation with a high degree of precision and care was to promote the child’s neurodevelopment, performance and all her intellectual abilities before the age of 2.
“By having all the material and what was necessary in this Institution, it was possible to perform this surgery, which is a cranial remodeling with bilateral fronto-orbital advancement. This consists of making some cuts in the places where the cranial vault has already closed completely, expanding those spaces, to allow the brain to continue its growth, maturation and normal development.”
He highlighted that, thanks to the support of the multidisciplinary team of health professionals, who were involved in this first intervention, a successful surgery was achieved, thus ensuring good neurodevelopment for the little girl.
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