Surgeons in Canada have removed a tumor from a toddler's forehead, without leaving a visible scar.
You'd never know this toddler had a tumor removed from his face only five days ago. His parents are breathing a sigh of relief. Ron Cambridge, Jayden's father. "We were very relieved that he wouldn't have that scar for the rest of his life."
Eighteen-month-old Jayden Cambridge was born with a benign tumor in the middle of his forehead.
Surgeons usually cut it right out, leaving behind a visible scar. But Montreal doctors decided to use a technique never before seen in Canada. Doctor Fanous was asked by the children's hospital to perform the surgery because he had done similar techniques on adults during facelifts.
A tiny incision was made above the hairline. Then a tunnel is made deep in the face to the tumor using a camera and special instruments, and the lump is removed. A surgery infrequently perfomed in the U.S., because of the risks. Dr. Nabil Fanous, Assoc. Prof. of Facial Plastic Surg. McGill Univ. "The surgeon has to be very careful going underneath and in between the nerves and muscles of the face you could hurt the movement of the face, you could hurt the feeling of the face, you could actually paralyse the face."
This is Jayden, only three days after the surgery - scarless. "We couldn't be more thrilled about the way it turned out. Two hours later after the surgery he was playing he was himself, he was Jayden." "I think this is the way to the future."
With several cases of facial tumors seen on children at the hospital each year, Fanous hopes every child will have the same flawless outcome.
