Surgeons at Taipei's Tzu Chi Hospital have successfully performed the country's first bone freezing operation. The patient was diagnosed with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia, a bone disease in the skull that replaces normal bone with fibrous tissue. Surgeons removed the fibrous tissue in her jawbone and applied cryotherapy to treat swelling.
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00:00Surgeons at a Taipei hospital have successfully performed a bone-freezing operation.
00:06The patient had suffered from swelling and pain on the left side of her face for nearly
00:10two decades, affecting her ability to eat.
00:13She was diagnosed with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia, a bone disease in the skull that
00:19replaces normal bone with fibrous tissue.
00:22Surgeons removed the abnormal tissue in her jawbone and applied cryotherapy to treat the
00:27swelling.
00:28Following the operation, the patient has been able to eat without pain.