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Good News From Guam
Good News From Guam

Hi, Dr. Wang, I'm your patient living in Guam. I can finally share my happiness and luck with all of you. My health little boy was just born yesterday. He can't even wait to come to this world and celebrate the very first mother's day together with me. Thanks so much to Dr. Wang and the whole medical team for all your support and fulfill our 8-year long cherished wish. The baby is perfectly healthy and we can't wait to bring him to Taiwan to meet Dr. Wang and all the medical members. I am really grateful and want to let you know that we are now planning to have our baby#2 next year .We look forward to seeing you soon!

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Love from the Tri-Service General Hospital Oral Maxillofacial Surgery team knows no boundary – A second chance at life for Myanmar girl.
Love from the Tri-Service General Hospital Oral Maxillofacial Surgery team knows no boundary – A second chance at life for Myanmar girl.

Shuang-Ting Pu is a 5-year-old girl from the mountaineous regions of northern Myanmar.She was born with congenital hemangioma of the tongue, and as she grew older, it became three times the size of an average girl’s tongue causing her to involuntarily extend and expose her vascular tongue repeatedly. With such an abnormally large tongue, not only is Shuang-Ting’s appearance affected, but her daily life is greatly altered including sleeping and speaking. Moreover, Shuang-Ting often accidentally bites her tongue to cause massive bleeding into her mouth. Therefore, she has spent her whole life taking many trips down to the Emergency Department for blood transfusions required after major blood loss, which further causes malnutrition and anemia. This congenital anomaly of the tongue has caused Shuang-Ting to frequently miss school along with a burden on the family in terms of paying for medical fees. In order to receive any possible treatment for this lethal and complicated disease, Shuang-Ting’s mother has attempted to seek help from Thailand’s Bangkok Hospital Center. However, due to the severity of the disease, no doctor had been willing to operate. In August of 2014, the medical team of the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps visited Lashiao, Burma for medical service, where they came across Shuang-Ting Pu. After returning to Taiwan, the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps placed a tremendous amount of effort to bring Pu and her family to Taiwan for further treatment. In May of 2015, Pu was able to fly to Taipei under the supervision of her mother and her aunt, and was admitted for hospitalization at the Tri-Service General Hospital under the care of Dr. Shiao-Ping Lee. Following a series of examinations including Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), Pu was confirmed to have an abnormal vascular lesion occupying the right side of the tongue which extends to the floor of mouth measuring 10cm in length. Moreover, both sides of her tongue were found to have an abnormal increase in width of blood vessels. Therefore, angiography combined with bilateral embolization of the lingual arteries was performed on May 21, 2015. Post-operative imaging showed localized cerebral infarction which implied possible stroke, but Pu showed no obvious abnormal neurological reactions. After the initial treatment, blood vessel volume and pulsation decreased, but Pu complained of intermittent headaches and pain of tongue. On June 4, 2015, the oral maxillofacial surgery team consulted the departments of radiology, anesthesiology, pediatric surgery, pediatric neurology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, plastic surgery, and more including therapists, pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers and team of International Medical Care Center for hospice shared-care. On June 6, 2015, excision of the hemangioma and local flap reconstruction surgery was completed under general anesthesia. Once the wound healed, Pu was finally able to eat, speak, and smile like a normal child. Under the unconditional care of the medical care team, Pu was able to return to Myanmar after recovering fully. Pu and her family are very grateful to the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of foreign affairs, and in particular to the director of the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery department of Tri-Service General Hospital, Dr. Shiao-Ping Lee for her complex treatment.
Medical Services without borders – Tri-Service General Hospital successfully treated a Pathology Professor from the Philippines who had giant hepatic hemangioma.
Medical Services without borders – Tri-Service General Hospital successfully treated a Pathology Professor from the Philippines who had giant hepatic hemangioma.

Five years ago, John Dennis, a pathology professor from the Philippines had abdominal distension and felt a lump in the area; he was diagnosed with giant hepatic hemangioma (approximately 20 cm). Doctors in the Philippines thought surgical resection was infeasible and suggested him to consider liver transplantation. However, instead of liver transplantation, Prof. Dennis has been receiving conservative treatment for the past five years. Later on, he began to feel abdominal pain, and started to seek for opinions from doctors in different countries. Recently, a student from Taiwan recommended him Dr. Chung-bao Hsieh, a surgeon in Department of General Surgery at Tri-Service General Hospital, who has in the past, successfully performed a surgical resection of giant hepatic hemangioma for a patient with a tumor over 30 centimeters. With the help from Center of International Medical Services in Tri-Service General Hospital, Prof. Dennis held a sense of hope and decided to fly to Taiwan for the treatment. John was admitted to the hospital on May 3rd, 2015, and received a series of detailed examination that precisely calculated whether the remainder of liver after the hepatectomy (surgical resection of liver tumor) would be sufficient to maintain his life. On May 15th, Prof. Dennis received the surgery, with good condition in post-operative recovery, and was able to be discharged from hospital on May 25th. Tri-Service General Hospital held a Medical Achievement Presentation in the morning of May 25th. “It is my pleasure to have successfully conducted the surgical resection of hepatic hemangioma for Professor Dennis. Amongst all the resections of hepatic hemangioma I have experienced in the past, the largest tumor was as big as 30 centimeters. Therefore, I was quite optimistic about the operative outcome this time. The biggest challenge of any surgical resections is the ‘hemorrhage’ during the surgery. Under the collaborative efforts of medical staffs in Tri-Service General Hospital, the blood loss during the surgery was estimated to be around 2,000 c.c., which was within the controllable range. Thus, this surgery is considered to be very successful,” said Dr. Chung-Bao Hsieh from Department of General Surgery in TSGH. Professor Dennis who personally attended the presentation said emotionally: “Maybe he is from Buddha!” He specifically praised the remarkable medical skills of Dr. Chung-Bao Hsieh, especially his patience in explaining, communicating, and building Prof. Dennis’ trust for the medical staffs. These actions and considerations made Prof. Dennis felt relaxed, and accepted the surgical treatment calmly. Prof. Dennis is deeply grateful towards Tri-Service General Hospital for helping him become lively again.

Good News From Guam

Love from the Tri-Service General Hospital Oral Maxillofacial Surgery team knows no boundary – A second chance at life for Myanmar girl.

Medical Services without borders – Tri-Service General Hospital successfully treated a Pathology Professor from the Philippines who had giant hepatic hemangioma.