Michael, a 26-year-old Filipino, "swallowed" half his face because he had a huge cement fibroma of 12 cm. (Photo courtesy of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital) Huge tumors affect chewing and swallowing functions, and even the vision of the left eye is affected.
Michael has a huge tumor, which not only affects his chewing and swallowing functions, but also squeezes his eyes and nose, so that he can only breathe through his mouth, and even his left eye vision is affected. With the help of Tzu Chi volunteers in the Philippines, he finally crossed the ocean and went to Taiwan's Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital for medical treatment in June this year. Lin Xinrong, the president of the hospital, is the convener of the medical team. Four months after his successful operation in Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, he finally returned to China with a beautiful face and happiness.
On the morning of 17, Dean Lin Xinrong, Vice President Lai, Surgical Medical Development Center, Director Zhang Ruizhi, Director of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Li Junda, Doctor, Director of Ophthalmology Li, Director of Dentistry Huang Mingjie, Director of Anesthesiology Lu Xiangning, Director of Nursing Department, Ward Nursing Team and the team of International Medical Center all wished Michael all the best.
Filipino Michael was treated in Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, and finally he was reborn. (Photo courtesy of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital) The operation of huge "cementum fibroma" is difficult.
Chen Peirong, vice president of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, said that although Michael's tumor was benign, it had invaded the bones of his face, even from the left maxillary sinus to the nasal septum. If the tumor is not completely removed, it will definitely recur. However, due to the deep position and abundant blood flow, the fundus and lateral cheekbones were destroyed, and the orbital bone under the left eye was also squeezed by the tumor. Fortunately, the tumor was quite complete and the resection was smooth. Then, through the plastic surgery relay, Michael reconstructed the structure of the orbital zygomatic complex, reconstructed the zygomatic bone, maxillary sinus and alveolar bone eaten by the tumor, and the first operation took as long as 19 hours.
"Finally, there is no tumor on my face, and I can eat with a big mouth. Now, Michael's face has recovered to be smooth, and he finally showed a rare smile. In addition to thanking his family for their contribution, he is also very grateful to the doctors and nurses who founded Hualien Charity Hospital by Master Yan Zheng for their careful treatment and the volunteers' company during the treatment.
Chen Peirong, vice president, said that "odontoblast fibromas" are basically larger than 5cm, and tumors like Michael's exceeding 10cm are very huge. In the past ten years, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital has completed nearly ten cases, including "huge odontoblast tumor" in Novendi, Batam, Indonesia, and fibrous dysplasia (FD) in Su Fei 'an.