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Nine-piece severe heel fracture successfully treated at Saudi German Hospital
Makkah

Date: 24-Jan-2024

Source: Zawya

Sector: Healthcare

Country: Saudi Arabia

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Doctors at the Saudi German Hospital Makkah successfully treated a patient who regained his ability to walk
after a fall from a height, which shattered his heel bone into nine fragments. Typically, eight out of 10 patients
with this kind of injury do not fully recover. The patient, while vacationing at an archaeological site, slipped

from a high point. He was initially taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors placed a plaster cast on his
suspected fracture. Upon returning to Jeddah, he sought additional medical attention at another hospital.
Unfortunately, the doctors there misdiagnosed his injury, dismissing the fracture and advising him to keep the
plaster cast on. This incorrect treatment worsened his condition. The patient's mother persuaded him to seek

a second opinion at Saudi German Hospital Makkah the advanced diagnostic capabilities of its doctors. Dr.
Muhammad Abdullah Mahfouz, an orthopedic and joint surgeon, along with the medical team, decided to
repair the fracture through a bone graft and artificial bone implantation. After a CT scan, the doctors
discovered a severe heel fracture of nine fragments, leading them to conduct a bone graft from the pelvic

bones. This procedure addressed the patient’s persistent swelling and pain, stabilized the fractured

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