Elijah will be able to listen after five surgeries in four years - Miracle Surgery
An Indian origin doctor has done a miracle surgery on an American 8-year-old boy Elijah. The outer ear, which was not developed since birth, was grafted through rib cage.
Elijah Bell from Ohio had this defect by birth wherein his outer ear was not at all developed. This case was challenging, as there was no passage between inner and middle ear. Because of this, he could not hear anything properly. This is called Bilateral Atresia Microtia in scientific term. Dr. Anant Murthi at Akron children hospital at Ohio took up this challenge and started Elijah’s treatment. Dr Murthi is the director of plastic surgery at the hospital. Last month the final round of this surgery was completed. The muscle of his rib cage was taken to graft the outer ear.
According to Elijah’s mother Colin Bell, they are excited to see the changes after the surgery. They never hoped that their child would be able to listen properly. The child has a new life after the surgery. Earlier he had to use hearing aid to listen, as there was no opening anywhere in his ear.
Dr Murthi adds that they had to perform five surgeries to reach this stage. His treatment started when he was 4 years old. For this, some tissue of his rib cage was taken to make some differentiation between his head and ear. Then some muscle was taken from his thigh cartilage and the outer ear was grafted. Until the last surgery, it was sure that Elijah would be able to listen like normal people. The human body itself wants everything to be normalized. Therefore, the wounds always heal upon the body. This process was used and aided with plastic surgery and was highly successful.
Elijah’s mother adds that he is in love with his ear now. He is studying in second standard and because of this surgery; he will be able to lead a normal life like other kids.
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