The 99-year-old uncle in Xiangxi suffered “the last fracture in his life”, and experts from the Second Xiangya Hospital provided assistance and guidance to help the elderly get back on their feet

Source: Second Xiangya Hospital


“Thank you for making me stand up again!” On the morning of March 16, Longshan County People’s Hospital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture In the inpatient department, Grandpa Zhou, a 99-year-old inpatient, is very grateful to the medical staff and experts from the Second Xiangya Hospital who came to the ward round.

On March 11, Grandpa Zhou accidentally fell and suffered unbearable pain in his left hip, unable to stand and walk. The family immediately sent him to Longshan County People’s Hospital for treatment, and the diagnosis was a fracture of the left femoral neck. At the same time, the old man was also diagnosed as moderate anemia, hypothrombocytoma, leukopenia, hypertension grade 3, very high risk. If conservative treatment is adopted, the patient will not be able to sleep due to pain, and is prone to many complications caused by long-term bed rest, such as urinary tract infection, pneumonia, bedsore, and deep vein thrombosis. The risk is high, and the risk of lung infection caused by low immunity is extremely high, and the risk of surgery is no less than a high-altitude tightrope walk.

Pre-operative visit

In order to make sure nothing goes wrong, Xiangya The Second Hospital carries out medical assistance experts in Longshan County, Dr. Ou Peng of Anesthesiology, Dr. Li Hui of Orthopedics, and the Department of Orthopedics, Intensive Medicine, Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Respiratory, Hematology, Hepatobiliary and other related disciplines of Longshan County People’s Hospital , conducted a joint consultation for Grandpa Zhou, actively improved the preoperative preparations, and formulated detailed plans for various situations that may occur during and after the operation. After communicating with the family and obtaining consent, at 9:00 am on March 15, Grandpa Zhou was sent to the operating room.

Develop an anesthesia plan

Dr. With the guidance and the assistance of the anesthesiology team of Longshan County People’s Hospital, after ultrasound-guided nerve block + general anesthesia was performed on Grandpa Zhou, Peng Anbo, director of the orthopaedic department of the hospital, performed artificial femoral head replacement surgery according to the established plan. The operation lasted about 1 hour. The successful nerve block greatly reduced the application of general anesthesia drugs and the effect of general anesthesia drugs on the heart and lung function of the elderly. Immediately after the operation, Grandpa Zhou woke up and was able to communicate normally.

“The operation was very successful, I could eat after 4 hours, and I was able to get out of bed the next day. This kind of treatment effect is nothing short of a miracle!” Seeing Grandpa Zhou He stood up again, and the family members said excitedly that under the careful care of the medical staff, he recovered well after the operation and is now able to walk slowly with support.

99-year-old Grandpa Zhou is the oldest orthopedic surgery patient in the history of Longshan County People’s Hospital and the first successful case of super-aged artificial hip replacement in the county . With the continuous in-depth cooperation between the Second Xiangya Hospital and Longshan County People’s Hospital, the overall medical level of Longshan People’s Hospital has been significantly improved. The success of his operation marks that Longshan County’s orthopaedic medical technology has reached a new level, and it has become another new milestone in the history of Longshan County’s medical development. It is also the crystallization of the in-depth cooperation between the Second Xiangya Hospital and Longshan People’s Hospital.

Review: Hu Haiyan