Qilu Evening News•Qilu One Point Correspondent Sun Fengsong Liu Fangxiao
Mr. Yan is a down-to-earth farmer in the county. He has been farming for half his life. One day in February, when the work was coming to an end, Mr. Yan started to pack up his tools and prepare to go home. The tractor drove slowly by his side. He accidentally stepped on the tools and fell heavily to the ground. Just then, a sharp plow blade slid across his left leg.
“At that time, I didn’t react at all, I just felt that my legs hurt so badly, the blood was gushing out.” Looking back, Mr. Yan still had lingering fears, “I couldn’t stand up at that time. People are horrified, they say it’s a piece of bone!”
Everyone rushed Mr. Yan to the First People’s Hospital of Ningyang County, The attending doctor gave Mr. Yan a simple treatment and immediately performed a DR examination. The result showed “comminuted fracture of the lower end of the left femur”. At this time, Yang Rujie, the first orthopedic surgeon, also arrived at the first time, and Mr. Yan was transferred to the first orthopedic surgery department to continue treatment. According to Dr. Yang, the patient’s left knee has a skin crack of more than ten centimeters on the inner side. The wound has reached the bone, and there are fallen bones. The injury is very serious. Zhu Xinfeng, director of the First Department of Orthopedics, had just returned home and had not finished his meal. After hearing the news, he immediately rushed back to the hospital.
In order to determine the surgical treatment plan, Zhu Xinfeng organized everyone to analyze and discuss Mr. Yan’s condition. Combined with imaging data, the surgical procedure was carefully planned, and the possible key points and difficulties in the operation were simulated and rehearsed. Finally, after various preoperative examinations, Mr. Yan was pushed into the operating room at 9:00 pm. With the cooperation of the operating room and the Department of Anesthesiology, the team from the Department of Orthopedics and Surgery started the “left knee debridement examination, left distal femur fractures”. Open reduction, internal fixation, and external fixation.”
During the operation, the medical staff washed Mr. Yan’s wound for many times, cleaned many necrotic tissues, and fixed 4 comminuted femoral intercondylar bone fragments.. …. the operation continued until about 2 am the next day and was successfully completed.
After the operation, the medical staff always pay attention to observe the blood supply of Mr. Yan’s distal left leg, change the dressing regularly to prevent infection, and instruct the family members to Elevate the affected limb to promote venous return and guide patients in later rehabilitation training.
Mr. Yan’s family was very moved, “They (medical staff) have to come several times a day in addition to changing dressings to check his condition, ask him how he feels, and explain all kinds of precautions. They are really conscientious and conscientious. .”
Zhu Xinfeng reminded the majority of friends that during the fracture recovery period, the affected limb can be raised, which is beneficial to the venous return and the recovery of blood supply to the fractured part; Accelerates the subsidence of congestion and swelling at the fracture site and the growth of callus at the fracture site, thereby promoting rapid fracture healing.
After years of development, the Department of Orthopedics and Surgery of the First People’s Hospital of Ningyang County has become a professional discipline integrating medicine, teaching and research. The department mainly carries out the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic orthopedics, spine surgery, joint sports medicine, osteoporosis and other diseases, among which the diagnosis and treatment of spinal diseases such as neck and waist form a unique department characteristic.
Currently successfully performed transforaminal surgery, shoulder arthroscopy, meniscus surgery, anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery, percutaneous vertebroplasty, etc., have filled the technical gaps in our county’s health system, It has brought good news to the majority of patients with neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain and intervertebral disc herniation.
“Seeking truth, innovation, harmony and development” has become the goal of the first department of orthopedic surgery. The team will adhere to the development concept of “proficient in medical skills and sincere in medical ethics”, and wholeheartedly provide high-quality diagnosis and treatment for the people in the county. Services to escort the health of the people in the county.