The Paper's reporter Chen Sisi correspondent Liu Kun Wen Zhaoqi
Zhang Jiuchen performed surgery at Ruijin Hospital. The pictures in this article are all pictures of Ruijin Hospital
Recently, in the northern branch of Ruijin Hospital, Zhang Jiuchen, a 90-year-old patient with rectal cancer, gave a special party lesson to medical staff, who is a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In May 1949, Zhang Jiuchen joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and from October to December, he participated in the liberation of Hubei and Sichuan. On October 20, 1950, Zhang Jiuchen and his comrades crossed the Yalu River and fought in Korea until July 1953, when they ushered in a comprehensive victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Talking about the years of bloody struggle, Zhang Jiuchen was very excited. He said that under the international situation at that time, the situation facing the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and to defend his country was very difficult, "We originally stationed troops in the Yichang area of Hubei Province, but after receiving the order, we set off urgently and took a train from Wuhan all the way to Dandong, Liaoning..."
Zhang Jiuchen
Zhao Ren, vice president of Ruijin Hospital, gastrointestinal tumor expert, and professor, shook Zhang Jiuchen's hand and said: "The development and strength of the motherland cannot be separated from the great Chinese people, without the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there would be no rapid development of the motherland, and we would like to pay tribute to you!" Salute to the veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea! ”
At the end of September 2021, Zhang Jiuchen was admitted to a local hospital due to symptoms such as difficulty in defecation and blood in the stool, and abdominal CT and gastrointestinal endoscopy showed that there was a malignant tumor of the rectum 4 cm from the anus.
Because the elderly are older and the risk of surgery is high, the local hospital recommends conservative treatment. The children couldn't bear it, and ran to many hospitals with reports, hoping to do their best to operate, but they were too old to operate because Zhang Jiuchen was too old.
The family did not give up, and learned that the clinical experience and technical level of gastrointestinal surgery of Ruijin Hospital were top in Shanghai and even the whole country, so they came to Shanghai.
Zhang Jiuchen (left) participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Zhao Ren learned of this situation and immediately notified his family to go to the northern campus for hospitalization, arranged relevant examinations for Zhang Jiuchen, and jointly assessed the anesthesia department, neurology, imaging department, and oncology department of the hospital to prepare for the operation.
In fact, Zhang Jiuchen had a colon malignant tumor 10 years ago, when he did open abdominal colon cancer radical resection and colostomy surgery, and his rectal tumor is large, there are also pelvic stenosis and other problems, coupled with the factors of advanced age, surgery needs to be carefully prepared.
Under the leadership of Zhao Ren, rectal tumor resection began. During the operation, it was found that the intra-abdominal tissue adhesions were serious, the anatomy was completely changed, due to the abdominal cocoon sign in the abdominal cavity after the previous two surgeries, the operation required a long separation of adhesions, to find the correct anatomical level, and then found that the patient's pelvis was abnormally narrow, and the operation was extremely difficult.
After 6 hours of hard work, the operation was successfully completed.
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