Repeated chest tightness and back pain, Mr. Huang, 59, from Anhui Province, found out through a physical examination that he had a tumor in his thoracic spine. If surgery is not done in time, it may be life-threatening. Recently, the Department of Spinal Surgery of the South District (Binhu Campus) of Hefei First People’s Hospital, in conjunction with Professor Fan Tao, Vice President of the School of Neurosurgery of Capital Medical University, successfully removed a huge thoracic paravertebral tumor for Mr. Huang under the microscope. The patient is recovering well.
Mr. Huang is a construction worker. During his physical examination and a chest CT scan, the doctor found a huge mass on his left thoracic spine. “Thoracic paravertebral neurogenic tumor on the left side of chest 9-11, with a size of about 4.5cm x 4.2cm x 6.5cm.” Du Yibin, chief physician of spine surgery, said after the diagnosis that the tumor is large and may be compressed if not treated in time The lungs can even invade important tissues such as the thoracic aorta, leading to life-threatening rupture of large blood vessels.
Du Yibin actively invited Prof. Fan Tao, a “big man” in the field of spinal cord surgery, to come to the hospital for consultation and surgery. Prof. Tao Fan is a “leader” in the field of spinal cord and spine surgery in my country, and has made outstanding achievements in the field of microsurgical treatment of spinal tumors. In our province, spinal surgery has not yet widely carried out microscopic spinal tumor resection. Compared with traditional open surgery, the surgical operation under the microscope is less traumatic, safer, more precise and minimally invasive.
After 2 hours of surgery, Prof. Fan Tao led Du Yibin’s team to successfully complete the resection of the huge thoracic paravertebral tumor. The patient, Mr. Huang, is recovering well and will be discharged in a few days. Professor Fan Tao’s consultation and operation for Anhui patients not only relieves the pain of the patients, but also further accelerates the development of the spinal surgery branch of the Southern District of the First Hospital of the City in the branch of microscopic spinal surgery.
【Expert introduction】
Professor Fan Tao is currently the vice president of Sanbo Brain Hospital of Capital Medical University, the vice president of Capital Medical Neurosurgery College, and the director of Spinal Cord Spine Surgery Center. Under the tutelage of Academician Wang Zhongcheng, he studied for a doctoral degree in Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University. After graduation, he has been engaged in clinical work in the neurosurgery brain stem and skull base ward of Beijing Tiantan Hospital. In September 2000, he went to the University of Florida to study neurosurgery. Fiber from Professor Arthur L. Day of Harvard University Neurosurgery. In 2003, he was elected as an international member of the American Neurological Association II (AANS). He has won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award, and the third prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award. Based on the concept of combining nerve fiber surgery technology + spinal internal fixation technology + intraoperative neurophysiological technology + minimally invasive spinal surgery technology, we have carried out 5,000 spinal and spinal surgeries in an all-round way, including: microsurgery for treatment of spinal canal , spinal cord tumors and paravertebral, spinal primary and metastatic tumors, using spinal internal fixation technology to correct and maintain spinal cord tumors combined with scoliosis, kyphosis and other serious deformities, published 50 papers in domestic and foreign core journals (including SCI) .