Modern Express News (correspondent Sun Hui, reporter Cao Dewei) On December 2, 1991, the surgical team of the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University (Jiangbin Hospital) successfully carried out the first case of conjoined infant separation surgery in Zhenjiang City, which became the headline of that year. 30 years later, the sister of the conjoined baby girl has become a Peugeot girl, recently, she came to Jiangbin Hospital for surgery due to cholecystitis, what she did not expect was that the director of the main knife for her was actually the doctor who participated in the separation surgery.
The Siamese sisters operated "doubles", and the sister was lucky to survive
At the end of 1991, a pregnant woman gave birth to a pair of conjoined baby girls at the then Dantu County People's Hospital, and due to lack of experience in treatment, the baby girls were immediately sent to the neonatology department of Jiangbin Hospital for treatment. The sisters' anterior chest wall and upper abdomen were closely linked together, and after further improvement of ultrasound, CT and other examinations, it was found that the two shared a liver, fortunately, they each had a complete hepatic portal system. When the sister came to the hospital, she was diagnosed with severe pneumonia in the newborn, which was in danger, and if it was not separated by surgery in time, it would be difficult for both sisters to survive. At that time, only a few hospitals in Jiangsu Province had carried out conjoined infant isolation, and the treatment experience was insufficient. Surgery was imminent, and the hospital set up a surgical team led by Xu Wenjun, then director of general surgery.
△ Conjoined baby girls
On December 2, the first and so far only case of conjoined infant isolation in Zhenjiang City was successfully carried out in the operating room of the hospital. Director Xu Wenjun led Qiang Axing, Qu Jianguo, and Tao Zheng, three middle-aged and young backbones, to carefully separate and suture, and divide the liver into two, and the sisters were smoothly separated.
At that time, the hospital did not have an intensive care unit, and after the operation, the "special medical special care" model was adopted, and several chief surgeons and ward nurses guarded the child day and night. Unfortunately, the sister did not survive due to ineffective treatment of severe pneumonia, and the sister got better day by day under the careful care of everyone.
△ The medical staff went to visit the girl
In order to thank the hospital for saving their lives, the parents of the conjoined baby specially invited the chief surgeon to name the child. Since then, hospital leaders, Director Xu and the pediatric team have often visited the child's birthday with gifts.
Reunited 30 years later, Dr. Xiao Qu has become Director Qu
Fast forward 30 years, and the baby has become a Peugeot girl. At the beginning of 2022, she was admitted to the gastrointestinal surgery department of the hospital because of cholecystitis, and qu Jianguo, the director of the department, was very excited when he saw her name: "You may not know me, but I always remember you, I not only participated in your operation, but also kept you for several days after the operation!" ”
At this reunion, the girl's mother was also overjoyed, "I didn't expect that Dr. Xiao Qu, who participated in her daughter's operation 30 years ago, is already a big expert." Mom said that after being hospitalized, she heard that Director Qu had personally operated on it, and her hanging heart was also put down.
△ Qu Jianguo and colleagues discuss the surgical plan
When he participated in the siamese infant separation in 1991, Qu Jianguo was a resident who had just worked for three years, working as an assistant during the operation. Today, he is the director, chief physician and senior specialist of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Because the separation surgery was performed at birth, the girl's gallbladder surgery cannot be taken lightly. Director Qu discussed the surgical plan with the two deputy chief physicians of the hospital.
On January 14, the girl's gallbladder surgery was carried out smoothly and recovered quickly, and during the hospitalization, the old director Xu Wenjun, who was the master of the separation surgery, also came to visit in person. According to reports, the girl is about to recover and be discharged from the hospital in recent days.