The team of seven doctors chose an advanced microsurgical technique, taking fibula from the patient's leg to reconstruct the lost lower jaw bone in order to restore the shape of the face and create a foundation for future dental implants. - Courtesy of the hospital
HANOI: Doctors of the Central Military Hospital 108 spent nine hours on an intense surgery to remove a tumour and reconstruct the face for a 16-year-old girl from a difficult, remote area in northern Vietnam.
The girl – living in Pung Luong Commune, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai – suffered from a rare condition called mandibular ameloblastoma, which is a type of non-cancerous tumour.
