A 17-year-old teenager of Calarasi, Romania, was cured of a terrible defect of his chest and spinal cord after a surgical operation performed for the first time ever by doctor Gheorghe Burnei.
When the teen woke up from anesthesia, the first thing he did was to put the hand on his chest and ask for a mirror. After seeing the outcome of the surgery, he felt like receiving in advance a blessing Christmas gift.
After an ordeal of many years during which he struggled to hide his misshapen chest under loose shirts, Adelin Ţînţaru shows now spectacular recovery from the orthopedic surgery he underwent at Marie Curie Hospital in Bucharest a week ago. He appears to be in promising condition, being able to eat and breathe comfortably, although dozens tv cameras and reporters around prove to be somehow overwhelming and tiring for him.
“Adelin does not like the fact that media turned him into a social case, but I am trying to convince him that he is actually the hero of a world premiere in medicine which could give hope to other children,” said Adelin’s mother, Dorinela Ţînţaru. Boy’s problems started two years ago when his parents noticed that his sternum and backbone were growing crooked.
Ribs to press heart, puncture lungs
Doctors diagnosed Adelin with Marfan Syndrome, a congenital disease that was not only deforming his body, but jeopardizing his life as well. While his body developed normally, chest remained too small “pressing” the lungs and heart, and causing him various respiratory and cardiovascular problems.
As a child he was not disturbed, but as he kept growing, the defect became increasingly visible. “Adelin never had social integrating problems, but in the past two years he has refused to undress when sunbathing on the beach because of feeling embarrassed,” added his mother. All physicians who consulted him over years made it clear that there is no surgery for this type of disease.
Video: Mafan syndrome treated in original orthopaedic surgery
However Adelin had the great chance to get on hands of reputed orthopedic surgeon Gheorghe Burnei who corrected his bones by means of a method that could not be found in any medical treaty,,,so far. “Children suffering of this illness do not breathe normally and show mitral stenosis as well as vision problems. Trivial conditions such as colds or flu can complicate their health until death, and life expectancy is about 40 years. Thousands of children need a special surgery to restore their normal appearance,” said Professor Burnei, who admitted that in his 30-year-experience he’s never seen such a degree of deformity. “The boy had a very rare Marfan condition. This particular case of syndrome has a frequency of 1 million to one”, added the orthopaedist. Marfan syndrome (Marfan’s syndrome) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. Individuals suffering of Marfan condition appear to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers.
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Gheorghe Brunei met Adelin four months ago and couldn’t rest ever since until he found the proper surgical method. For two months, the Romanian doctor studied medical treaties and created scenarios.
“With special tools we separated the ribs, increasing their volume, then we fixed them using a metal armature that holds them in the correct position,” revealed Burnei.
The successful surgery lasted three and a half hours and the recovery period is expected to be two weeks. The defect was 100% corrected and doctors around the world will have the opportunity to “steal” Burnei’s method at a conference in Bucharest or in Greece in 2013 (possibly October according to some media sources)
At 17, Adelin had a child chest that pierced his skin. During operation, his ribs have been “stretched”
“I corrected the twisted ribs with a rebar placed inside. I can not provide more details because the method can be stolen before being patented.”
[Gheorghe Burnei, head of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Marie Curie Hospital, Bucharest, Romania]
Romanian orthopedics pinned on world’s map
Prof. Gheorghe Burnei, Head of the Clinic of Orthopedics at “M. Curie” Hospital has carried out so far seven innovative surgeries and dozens recognized nationally. His most important inventions include the circular external fixator, used for the first limb lengthening surgery in children and intraosseous rod used to draining bone infections. Thanks to Mr. Burnei, about 13,000 children were saved from the worst scoliosis and bone cancers.
As the Romanians leave massively the country to practice medicine abroad, there is no pediatric orthopedics case that can not be resolved here. “We are in the first 11 countries worldwide to treat congenital scoliosis,” said physician George Burnei.
This article is a translation from Romanian language. Sources: EVZ and ProTv