Dazhong Net·Poster News trainee reporter Li Xin correspondent Liu Yuantao reported in Linyi
Recently, the Orthopedics Department of Linyi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine successfully performed femoral head replacement surgery for centenarian Grandma Liu. He went to the ground 48 hours after the operation and was discharged from the hospital in 3 days, setting a new record for the age of a patient undergoing fracture surgery in the hospital. At present, the old man is recovering well.
The patient, Grandma Liu, who is 102 years old this year, accidentally fell at home a few days ago, injuring her right hip, and was diagnosed with a “right femoral neck fracture” at the local hospital. The risk is high, and the hospital recommends conservative treatment, which means that the old man needs to stay in bed for a long time, so her health quality and quality of life will decline, which is unwilling to accept the old man and his family.
The family members of the elderly came to the Orthopedics Department of Yi City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. I communicated with the family members and informed the grandmother Liu’s condition and treatment plan in detail. Artificial femoral head replacement was the first choice. The family members of the elderly expressed their understanding and active cooperation.
In order to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the operation, before the operation, under the auspices of Vice President He Yong, the Department of Anesthesiology, Cerebrovascular Disease Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Nursing Experts conduct multidisciplinary consultations, combine the actual situation of the elderly with high age, degraded physical functions, poor ability to tolerate surgery, and slow recovery after trauma, conduct comprehensive research and judgment on surgical risks and anesthesia risks, and formulate a complete personalized surgical plan and detailed emergency response Plan and prepare well before surgery.
On the day of the operation, under the guidance of Zang Baojiang, the director of the department of anesthesiology, Zhang Jun, the deputy director of the department of anesthesiology, performed anesthesia for the elderly. The advanced technology and smooth operation make the anesthesia process go smoothly. Vice President He Yong, Deputy Chief Physician Wang Xianghai of the Joint Orthopedics Team, Chief Physicians Gao Qin and Li Zhen performed the operation for Grandma Liu, incision, hemostasis, and placement of the joint prosthesis… Every step was meticulous and skillful, and the operation took half an hour. Done successfully.
Under the careful treatment and care of the medical staff, the elderly recovered well. On the 1st day after the operation, you can sit on the bedside for functional exercise, on the 2nd day after the operation, you can walk on the ground, and you can go home on the 3rd day after the operation! The family members of the elderly said excitedly: “The doctors and nurses of Linyi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital are really very responsible, they are both careful and patient. My mother is so old and the operation can go so smoothly, which is something we never dared to think about. Helping centenarians walk with artificial joints for free, thank you so much…”
Femoral neck fracture is one of the most common hip fractures in the elderly, most of which are caused by falls. Many elderly people have underlying diseases. Once the fracture is bedridden, systemic complications will follow one after another, even life-threatening. According to the survey, the mortality rate of femoral neck fracture in the elderly is as high as 50%, also known as “the last fracture in life”.
The successful treatment of the 102-year-old man is the result of the close multidisciplinary cooperation in our hospital, which reflects the high-level treatment and service capabilities of our hospital. The orthopaedic team’s comprehensive risk assessment for the operation of elderly patients, individualized precision medical treatment and high-quality nursing, provide patients with painless treatment experience, reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium, shorten the postoperative hospitalization time, and reduce the postoperative hospitalization time. The reduction in the incidence of complications, disability and mortality has promoted the rapid treatment and rehabilitation of senile hip fractures and improved the quality of life of elderly patients.
Linyi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital reminds you that if the elderly have hip pain after a fall, and their standing and walking are affected, they should go to the hospital as soon as possible and receive treatment from a specialist to avoid moving by mistake Or forced weight-bearing walking aggravates fracture displacement, or various complications occur after prolonged bed rest and miss the best time for treatment.