The success of an operation for a child who had difficulty walking due to the shortening of his limb tendons

A medical team at Al-Kafeel Super Speciality Hospital has successfully operated on a child who has difficulty walking as a result of the shortening of the tendons of his lower limbs.

A specialist in orthopedics and traumatology at the hospital, Dr. "The operation to lengthen the leg tendons was performed on a seven-year-old child, who suffered from brain atrophy, which caused him problems with the tendons of the lower extremities, and difficulty in walking and movement,"al-Asadi said.

He added that" the operation was carried out with high precision, and the child regained the movement of his limbs naturally, "stressing that"this success was achieved thanks to the experience of the Iraqi medical team, and the available means in the hospital along with modern medical technologies and devices.