The Department of Special Surgery / Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at King Abdullah University Hospital was able to perform a specific operation on a 5-year-old patient who was suffering from the inability to open the mouth permanently due to the lack of growth of the lower jaw bone and calcification of the temporal joint on both sides as a result of a congenital deformity.

 The operation was performed by a medical team under the supervision of a consultant in oral and maxillofacial surgery Dr. Tayseer Al-Khatib, as the surgery lasted five hours, and this operation is considered one of the complex and difficult operations.

The medical team took a bone graft from the bones of the rib cage and implanted it in the temporal joint from both sides, and the operation was successful.

 Dr. Tayseer Al-Khatib said that the patient's suffering was represented in her inability to open the mouth permanently and great difficulty in chewing due to severe stiffness in the temporal joint on both sides and atrophy of the lower jaw bone, indicating that these operations are usually performed by a team of surgeons specialized in specialized centers such as this distinguished university center. And it is equipped with the latest devices and equipment.

He appreciated the role of the medical staff who participated in the operation; Chief resident Dr. Muhammad Turki Al-Khatib, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem, Dr. Muhammad Jamal, Dr. Salah Muhammad Al-Sharafat, Dr. Al-Hussein Hasnat, Dr. Fayez Al-Radda, and anesthesiologists headed by the anesthesia consultant Dr. Khaled Radadeh and his medical staff Dr. Muthanna Al-Masry and in the presence of a distinguished nursing staff and anesthesia technicians

Al-Khatib confirmed that such major and delicate operations can only be performed with the presence of qualified cadres and a hospital equipped with the latest types of medical devices and equipment, indicating that the patient showed great satisfaction after the operation and is currently symmetric for recovery.

The Director General of the Hospital, Dr. Muhammad Al-Ghazou, expressed his pride in the successes achieved by the hospital's medical staff and its optimal handling of the most difficult disease cases using the latest medical devices, pointing out that the hospital is equipped with the latest equipment necessary to conduct all operations, and that the hospital provides an appropriate academic and research environment for the staff Medical and academic specialist in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Science and Technology to conduct such operations.