"I didn't expect my mother to be able to walk on the ground so quickly." Recently, 82-year-old Grandma Zhao went to the outside of the ward to bask in the sun after surgery, and her daughter Ms. Liu sighed. Not long ago, Grandma Zhao's body was examined for lung tumors, and she underwent a single-hole thoracoscopic tumor resection in the Second Department of Thoracic Surgery of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, leaving only a 3 cm incision for the operation, and the old man was able to go to the ground the next day, and soon returned to a normal diet, and life can also take care of herself, which makes Ms. Liu very pleased.
The test results showed that Grandma Zhao had a nodule of about 3 centimeters in her left lung.
Some time ago, Grandma Zhao found a nodule about 3 cm in her left lung during the physical examination, which was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma of the lower lobe of the left lung. "After several hospitals and genetic testing, but did not find targeted drugs, and afraid that the body of the elderly could not stand chemotherapy, conservative treatment we could not accept emotionally, it was really difficult to choose at that time." Ms. Liu said.
The surgical team of the second department of thoracic surgery performed a single-hole thoracoscopic radical resection of left lower lung cancer for Grandma Zhao.
Later, Ms. Liu found Director Zhou Yafu of the Second Department of Chest Surgery of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, and Director Zhou Yafu comprehensively assessed Grandma Zhao's physical condition, carefully consulted her relevant examination materials, and believed that Grandma Zhao could receive surgical treatment. Therefore, in the case of perfecting the cardiopulmonary function examination and there are no obvious contraindications, Director Zhou Yafu led the team to successfully perform a single-hole thoracoscopic radical resection of left lower lobe cancer for Grandma Zhao, leaving only an incision of about 3 centimeters. The day after the operation, Grandma Zhao was able to get out of bed and resume a normal diet, and on January 20, Grandma Zhao was successfully discharged from the hospital, and the old man returned to his old smile.
After the operation, Director Zhou Yafu checked grandma Zhao's recovery.
Director Zhou Yafu said that considering that Grandma Zhao is old, the use of single-hole laparoscopic surgery has small trauma, fast recovery and light pain, surgical resection can effectively improve the five-year survival rate of the disease for cancer, especially early cancer, and also reduce the chance of recurrence, improve the quality of life of patients, and prolong the length of their lives. With the development of medicine, as long as the comprehensive conditions of the body allow, age is no longer a contraindication to surgery.
Grandma Zhao recovered well after surgery.
Director Zhou Yafu reminded that Grandma Zhao because of the adherence to the routine physical examination, lung cancer was found early, no metastases were found (lymph nodes need to be examined for postoperative pathology), and the early diagnosis of lung cancer is very important for the healing of the disease, the most effective lung cancer screening method is low-dose spiral CT, regular physical examination should be paid attention to, physical examination found lung nodules, to go to the specialist in time to do further diagnosis and treatment.
Text: Wu Jing Chen Huiguo
Photo: Chen Huiguo Bi Xiangrong
Editor: Wu Jing
Review: Zhou Jinrong