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(Korkusuz Newspaper, 11 September 2026)
"There's the rest of you."
15-year-old Muhammet Ali Şimşek, who suffered an injury to his
right arm in a motorcycle accident in Afyonkarahisar, regained his
health following an approximately eight-hour operation performed
by specialists from three different medical fields in Konya.
The right arm of a 15-year-old boy, which was on the verge of being
severed following a traffic accident in Afyonkarahisar, was saved
through an approximately eight-hour surgery performed in Konya.
After learning that the right arm of Muhammet Ali Şimşek—who
had been involved in a motorcycle accident about a month and a half
earlier—might require amputation, his family conducted research
and contacted Konya Farabi Hospital.
Muhammet Ali has that "this is for real, right?" look.
Transferred to Konya without delay, Şimşek underwent surgery
performed by a team comprising Cardiovascular Surgeon Prof.
Dr. Ufuk Özergin (the hospital's deputy chief physician), Orthopedics
and Traumatology Specialist Op. Dr. Yusuf Aksoy, and Plastic,
Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeon Op. Dr. Zikrullah Baycar.
Following the successful operation, which lasted approximately eight
hours, Şimşek's arm—previously on the verge of detachment—
regained its functionality.
Op. Dr. Yusuf Aksoy told an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter that the
patient had been presented to them after an accident that left his arm
nearly severed at the shoulder.
Stressing the importance of urgent intervention and multidisciplinary
approach in such cases, Aksoy said, "The patient had a near-total
amputation at the shoulder, multiple injuries to the elbow and hand,
and a contaminated open wound on the knee of the same side. We
quickly took the patient into surgery. Teams from plastic surgery,
orthopedics, and cardiovascular surgery performed the operation
together. The surgery lasted approximately eight hours and was
successful. Post-operative monitoring and a multidisciplinary approach
are crucial following such surgeries."
Prof. Dr. Özergin noted that the patient was discharged in good health,
stating, "The key factor in the surgery's success was the simultaneous
repair—without wasting any time—of the main artery supplying the
arm, as well as the nerves, soft tissues, and bones, by a single team c
omprising three different medical specialties. This approach shortened
the duration of the surgery and enabled the patient to use his arm
comfortably without any loss of function."
Muhammet Ali's father, Mahir Şimşek, explained that his son's arm
had been severely injured in the accident and, upon learning there
was a risk of amputation, they had come to Konya after conducting
their own research. Expressing his happiness at his son's recovery
following the surgery, Şimşek thanked the doctors.
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