For life and illness, we often sigh at the cruelty of fate.
An accidental car accident in Pucheng plunged 6-year-old Peng Peng (pseudonym) into great pain. The accident not only took away his dearest grandmother, but also left him with severe trauma to his calf, which was a double blow both mentally and physically.
The condition of the child at the scene of the car accident can be described as "miserable", the leg bones, muscles, and vascular nerves of the right calf are completely severed, and there are multiple contusions, and only about 5cm of epidermis is connected to the severed limb.
The local hospital bandaged, stopped the bleeding, and immobilized the child, but the medical resources were limited and the next step could not be treated. The child is in serious and critical condition and will be at risk of amputation if delayed for too long.
After many inquiries, the child's family learned that the orthopedic department of the 986th Hospital of the Air Force was very good at this kind of surgery, and with the assistance of the hospitals in the two places, the child came to Xi'an smoothly.
After learning of the child's condition, the attending physicians Zhao Chile and Liu Xitong, the doctors on duty in the second ward of the orthopedic department (hand and foot surgery) of 986 Hospital, urgently contacted the emergency department, anesthesiology department and other relevant departments, and launched a "rescue operation" where every second counts.
Dr. Shao Zebin in the emergency department completed the preoperative examination for the child in the shortest possible time. In less than 30 minutes, the family signed and the team of attending physician Sun Ying of the Department of Anesthesiology was ready, and the child entered the operating room smoothly.
In order to maximize the recovery of leg function, the fracture was reduced and fixed with an external fixator. Subsequently, the anterior and posterior tibial arteries, veins, and nerves are anastomosed one by one to repair the damaged musculature.
Every subtle movement is a test of the doctor's anatomical knowledge and surgical skills, and also embodies the concern for the child.
Gradually, the child's toes gradually became ruddy, and the dorsalis pedis artery began to pulsate, and after 4 hours, the operation was successful!
During the 10 days of hospitalization, under the careful care of head nurse Liu Cuiping and nurse Wang Yan, the child's limbs were ruddy, the wound showed no signs of infection, and the avulsion skin basically survived, indicating that he had successfully overcome the difficulties such as infection and vascular danger.
At present, the child has recovered and been discharged from the hospital, and after the wound condition is stabilized, he needs to come to the hospital again to receive treatment and rehabilitation training such as residual wound skin grafting to repair the residual wound of the lower leg and restore more leg function.
We firmly believe that with the joint efforts of the medical staff and the child, he will be able to overcome the pain and move steadily and vigorously into the future!
Editor: Jingqiu