Vinh City Hospital successfully performed combined DHS splint surgery for a special patient.

(Baonghean.vn) - Vinh City General Hospital recently performed successful bone fusion surgery using DHS braces for Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nuoi (92 years old) in Ben Thuy Ward, Vinh City, Nghe An.

After slipping and falling, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nuoi was transferred by her family to Vinh City General Hospital in a state of pain and swelling in her left thigh, with limited movement of her left leg.

At the hospital, through diagnostic imaging, the doctor determined that the patient had a left femoral intertrochanteric fracture.

Vinh City General Hospital successfully performed bone fusion surgery using DHS braces for a 92-year-old patient. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Faced with the patient’s complicated condition, the hospital quickly organized a consultation with specialists to find the best solution. On November 16, the doctors decided to perform bone fusion surgery using a DHS splint under the guidance of a C.arm fluoroscopy machine.

After 1 hour, the doctors operated while stopping the bleeding, closely monitoring the vital signs, the surgery was successfully performed. Up to now, the patient has shown many good progresses.

This is a widely used method thanks to its effect of firmly fixing the fracture and applying pressure to the fracture. The advantages of this treatment method are reducing surgery time, trauma during surgery, placing the device in the right position with the right size, reducing blood loss and the risk of infection...

X-ray images of patient Nguyen Thi Nuoi (92 years old) before and after surgery. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Doctor, Master Nguyen Van Hieu - Deputy Head of Surgery Department, Vinh City General Hospital said: "We have to face a very special case, the old lady is 92 years old, weak, has a history of high blood pressure so the risk is very high if surgery is performed.

But without surgical intervention, the patient will have to stay in hospital for a very long time, accompanied by complications such as respiratory and urinary tract infections, pressure ulcers, etc. The prognosis is much worse.

After 8 days of being closely monitored and cared for by doctors, Mr. Nuoi’s health condition has stabilized and he is recovering very well. On the afternoon of November 24, he was discharged from the hospital and returned home.

Dinh Nguyet