Hip replacement surgery at Military Hospital 4
(Baonghean) - Hip replacement surgery has been performed since 2010 at Military Hospital 4, Logistics Department, Military Region 4. Since then, more than 200 surgeries have been performed, including many difficult and complicated cases that previously had to be performed at higher levels.
Currently, hip replacement surgery at Military Hospital 4 has become routine along with endoscopic surgery to reconstruct knee ligaments, spinal surgery for trauma such as fractures, spinal collapse, and surgery to treat herniated discs... This has created a position and brand at the hospital.
Along with the development of new techniques, there is the exchange, learning, and technology transfer with upper and lower levels, along with advanced training courses for doctors to update new knowledge.
Accordingly, the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Military Hospital 4 regularly consults and exchanges experiences with upper-level hospitals such as Military Hospital 108, 103, and Viet Duc Hospital.
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| Surgical team of Military Hospital 4 and doctors of Viet Duc Hospital. Photo: Quoc Dung - Le Phu |
With the goal of "All towards patient satisfaction". On May 19, 2018, the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (BVQY4) coordinated with doctors from the Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Viet Duc Hospital (Hanoi) to perform hip replacement surgery for patient Dam Xuan Hang, born in 1955, residing in Hung Binh Ward, Vinh City, Nghe An with a diagnosis of femoral head necrosis (P) in a patient with hip dislocation, acetabular fracture who had failed acetabular fusion surgery in the 7th month. This is a relatively difficult case, but doctors from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (BVQY4) can still perform routine surgery.
X-ray images before (left) and after surgery (right). Photo: Quoc Dung - Le Phu
It is known that, according to the patient's earnest wish to be operated on by doctors at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (BVQY4) with the aim of the patient receiving the best and most convenient medical care and the most advanced techniques, the doctors of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the 2 Hospitals successfully performed surgery on the patient.
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| Current patient Hang. Photo: Quoc Dung - Le Phu |
Currently, the patient can walk by himself, the pain is reduced, the surgical wound is healing, the initial results are very encouraging. To achieve such results, first of all, the surgeons have really mastered the technique, many advances in treatment have been applied, the nursing team guides the patient to practice the correct procedure, in addition, thanks to the change in administrative procedures towards "faster, more professional", so it reduces hassle, shortens the treatment time for patients.
This is a new feature, a new direction in patient care of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Military Hospital 4, Military Region 4.
