On the morning of February 10, Hao Xuehai, a 69-year-old man who had recovered slightly after the operation, carefully examined it with a 30-centimeter-long steel needle, which was silently "accompanied" in his right thigh for 45 years: "My children and I have almost run all over the major hospitals in the city, and we are unwilling to take this risk, either because we can't do it, or we are advised to go to other hospitals to see." ”
So, where did this 30 cm long steel needle come from? Why hasn't it been taken out for 45 years? All this has to start from 45 years ago.
In 1977, Hao Xuehai, who lived in Shilingtou Village, Daye Town, Dengfeng City, was only 24 years old and his family was still relatively poor, so he went to work in a small coal kiln nearby in order to make a living. During a coal mining trip underground, he accidentally injured his right leg by a large stone, and his right thigh was immediately painful, swollen and limited in movement. After being rescued by the same shift of workers, he was urgently sent to a hospital in Yuandengfeng.
"How was surgery so advanced now?" The splint was fixed for 11 months, and I was very anxious. Seeing that it looks pretty much the same, I try to get out of bed and move. But after three months, my family found that my thighs were deformed and curved, and if I became disabled at a young age, what would I do? As soon as the discussion was discussed, Hao Xuehai and his family went to henan orthopedic hospital of Luoyang White Horse Temple in Henan, and the hospital was hospitalized with "the fracture of the middle and upper part of the right femur does not heal". "The operation was also very successful at that time, the doctor used a large steel rod 30 centimeters long and a ruler to fix it on the bone at the root of the thigh, which usually did not hurt or itch, and did not feel anything." Later, Hao Xuehai slowly forgot about the existence of this steel nail.
The doctor shows the steel nails removed after surgery
Last summer, it was rainy and the climate was unstable. Hao Xuehai, who was nearly ancient, felt numbness and sleepiness in his right leg hip joint from time to time, so he went to the major hospitals in Dengfeng City for examination. "The major hospitals in the city have almost run over and over again, saying that they have missed the best time to take steel nails in 3 years, persuading us: Do you want to go to other hospitals to see it again? To put it bluntly, they first saw that my father was old, and second, the steel nails were left in the body for a long time, and they were unwilling to take this risk. Hao Xuehai's two sons said.
On February 8 this year, they came to Dengfeng Rende Orthopaedic Hospital in the western section of Shaolin Road in Dengfeng City, where the Orthopedic Department of the hospital was admitted with "fixed remains after right femoral shaft fracture". After filming and examination, it was found that the 30-centimeter-long steel nail, which was almost one foot long, was embedded directly in Hao Laohan's right thigh, and had been glued to the surrounding tissue of the bone.
Dengfeng Rende Orthopaedic Hospital
In order to remove the steel needle, Dr. Li Pingren, Shi Guangguang and Chief Physician Yan Zhanmin conducted serious preoperative research and consultation.
Li Pingren, director of the hospital's first department of orthopedics, said that in his 31 years of medical practice, he had never seen such a long nail left in his body, let alone 45 years. "The reason why many hospitals are reluctant to take, in addition to the patient's age factor, it is important because the steel nails have been left for too long, and the steel nails will be ionized for a long time in the body, resulting in osteoporosis, which is like inserting a steel needle in the steamed bun, both want to take out the steel needle, but also can not break the steamed bun into pieces." Again, similar steel nails have been replaced three or four times, take such old steel nails, the difficulty coefficient is too large, once the nails and slip wire, it will be a big trouble. ”
Li Pingren said that steel nails that have been left in the body for such a long time are estimated to be rare in the province. He analyzed that the steel needle is fixed at the relevant joint, and the steel needle slowly displaces in human activities, and if it is slightly careless, it will penetrate the artery and cause heavy bleeding.
The patient's family presented a pennant to the hospital in thanks
At 9 a.m. on February 10, when the operation began, the doctor observed that the steel nails, like the previous film, most of them had been adhered to the hyperplastic bone to form a complete envelope. Fortunately, because of the full preparation before the operation, a variety of factors were taken into account, from the opening to remove the surrounding proliferative bone mass, to the careful removal of the steel nail and the suturing of the wound, the whole operation took less than 45 minutes.
At present, Lao Hao, who has been transferred from the operating room to the general ward, although he is still a little weak, but the whole person is very optimistic and his physical condition is relatively stable.
(Dengfeng Rong Media reporter Du Xiangdong)