Dr oluyinka olutoye biography for kids

A surgeon who has made exceptional contributions to the art and science of surgery, Prof. Oluyinka Olutoye has, without a doubt, distinguished himself in the medical field.

Described by NBC News Dateline programme as a “miracle worker operating where few have ever gone before”, his uncommon operations give many children a chance at a healthy and normal life.

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Dr oluyinka olutoye biography for kids

Olutoye received much recognition for performing and mastering ground-breaking EXIT surgical procedure. Exit procedure or ex utero intrapartum treatment procedure is a specialised surgical delivery procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.

Developed in 1995 at the Children’s Hospital, University of Califonia, San Francisco, the procedure is an extension of a standard classical Caesarean section, where the foetus is partially removed from the mother’s womb to undergo surgery while it is still attached to the umbilical cord.

This allows surgeons to repair an airway obstruction or other breathi