A revolutionary and pioneering technique was performed by general surgeon Dr Sotiris Gabriel and plastic surgeon Dr Stratos Gabriel improving thousands of people’s lives who live with a colostomy due to colorectal cancer.
5 years ago Damakova Angelika had rectal cancer. She had to have a total mesoretal excision and her vagina removed which as a result caused her to have a colostomy. But on the 30th September 2019 her intestine was restored, new sphincter was created from muscle taken from her femoral and a new vagina was also created. The patient’s whole life has changed, her excretory and urinary system have been restored giving her a normal life thanks to this revolutionary surgery.
This technique not only gives hope to people who have a permanent colostomy after rectal cancer surgery (abdominal surgery), but also to those with a colostomy.
Due to inflammatory bowel disease from traumatic anal and perineal injuries. Patients with a permanent disability are usually depressed, keeping to themselves away from their social and working environment. This revolutionary surgery restores the continuation of the intestine. Patients are rid of their colostomy thus giving them a normal active life as they once had.