The 4-year-old boy's left lung was "rested" for a month and was "restarted"
Experts from the First Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College successfully restored the normal function of the left lung through tracheal reconstruction
When rechecking the ball, he agreed with the doctor to stop running and bumping.
More than a month ago, the 4-year-old ball nearly lost a lung due to a tracheal rupture. Fortunately, he was promptly treated by the expert team of the First Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. He "rested" his left lung for a month and successfully "restarted".
Text, Picture/Wang Shuxian, Correspondent of Guangzhou Daily Daily Media Correspondent Han Wenqing
The 4-year-old ball is a lively, cute and active little boy. One day a month or two ago, he was playing in the community and was accidentally hit by a battery car. There was a bruise on his chest. The family quickly sent him to the local hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Examination found that the right lung pneumothorax appeared to be no big after treatment. So he went home.
However, my mother found that the ball felt a little difficult to breathe after a little activity, and she kept shouting with her mother that she could not hold her breath. In order to get a diagnosis, Qiuqiu was sent to the First Hospital of Guangyi. Through bronchoscopy, he found that he had formed an endotracheal scar, which caused the trachea to be completely occluded and the left lung to lose tension.
The condition is complex, and surgery is required to keep the ball's left lung "at rest" for a month. But the ball is only 4 years old, and the operation is difficult. The team of Professor He Jianxing of the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the First Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University immediately intervened. Li Shuben, an experienced chief physician in tracheal surgery, participated in the consultation. The hospital organized pediatrics, thoracic surgery and other multidisciplinary experts to discuss and formulate the surgical plan.
"We have to remove the scars that have been formed by surgery, and then reconnect the broken main trachea at both ends, so as to reconnect the left lung that has been "rested" for one month, and let it regain its function." Dr. Li Shuben said that for such a small child, the surgery is facing many difficulties. Because the lungs had been "still" for a month at that time, scars had formed around the injured trachea, and the surgical operation area may have serious adhesions. Moreover, due to his young age, his left main bronchus is less than 5 mm in diameter, and chronic inflammation causes tissue edema and fragility, making tracheal reconstruction surgery more difficult. But if he loses his left lung, he will inevitably affect his quality of life in the future. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, the team of experts tries to help him keep his left lung as much as possible.
After 8 hours of operation, the team of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Anesthesia Surgery of the First Hospital of Guangyi Medical College finally reconnected the left main bronchus with the ball ruptured, and "left" the left lung for more than a month and then reopened. Under the care of the hospital, the left lung of the ball returned to normal lung function. Ten days after the operation, the ball was discharged from the hospital.