A victim of bomb explosion in Borno State, Aishat Lawani, was successfully operated on at the National Hospital, Abuja, Saturday.
A US-based surgeon Prof. Ferdinand Ofodile, who led the four-hour surgery, said though Aishat's recovery would take a while, the operation was successful.
Addressing journalists Saturday at the National Hospital after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo paid an unscheduled visit, Ofodile, an emeritus professor of Medicine from Columbia University, said: "We reconstructed her eyelids by adding flesh from the thigh, and we also did a skin graft to the left arm, freeing it, from its attachment at the armpit caused by the explosion."
Noting that Aishat's full recovery would take about six months, the surgeon said: "When I saw her on Friday, the upper lid was turned inside out. If this was not fixed, over time the eye itself would be lost due to unprotected exposure. So we saved the eyelids and globe by adding skin to the eye lids-upper and lower."
Aishat's father Ibrahim Goni Lawani thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo, for footing the medical bills.
Source: All Africa News
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