A 7-year-old child rarely suffers from a huge tumor on the head of the pancreas, Shanghai experts join hands to overcome the "king of cancer"
China News Service, September 7 (Chen Jing Jiang Rong) Xiaojie, 7 years old, unfortunately suffers from a huge tumor on the head of the pancreas, which has a diameter of 6cm.
This is the huge pancreatic head tumor that is the most troublesome in the oncological surgery industry.
In the words of the local doctor, "This is the'king of cancer' and we have nothing we can do."
The reporter learned on the 7th that at the National Children’s Medical Center (Shanghai), the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Gu Song, and the team of Director Liu Yingbin of the Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, successfully implemented the highly difficult and high-risk Xiaojie was saved after the operation.
After several rounds, Xiaojie turned to Gu Song, an oncologist at the Children's Center for help.
Gu Song told reporters that huge tumors in the head of the pancreas rarely occur in childhood, and doctors must perform the "Whipple surgery" called "the largest surgery in general surgery": remove the head of the pancreas and the duodenum, and need to do Intestine + liver intestine + gastrointestinal reconstruction surgery.
Therefore, the operation is difficult and risky, and there are many postoperative complications.
The expert admitted that Xiaojie's tumor has reached 6 cm in diameter, which is extremely rare in the field of pediatrics.
The Pediatric Center and Renji Hospital's Pancreatic Surgery Director Liu Yingbin's team joined forces to closely integrate the adult surgical plan with the attributes of pediatric medicine, and the experts jointly developed a surgical plan suitable for 7-year-old children.
According to reports, after more than 5 hours, experts from the two hospitals jointly removed Xiaojie’s huge tumor on the head of the pancreas and all the duodenum, reconstructing the important passage of "pancreas intestine + liver intestine + gastrointestinal", and saved the pancreas for the child. The function of the surgery "perfect end".
After the operation, Xiaojie had no complications and was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward in only 3 days.
Gu Song revealed that the pathological section showed that Xiaojie's tumor was highly malignant, and fortunately it had been completely removed.
It is reported that the Shanghai Children's Medical Center is the first in China to explore a multidisciplinary collaborative treatment model for oncology, and multiple disciplines such as oncology surgery, oncology, radiology, and pathology jointly formulate personalized treatment plans for children.
Nowadays, every year, the operation volume of complex tumors accounts for more than half. The hospital also participates in the formulation of standardized diagnosis and treatment plans for common fatal tumors in children across the country.
According to reports, Xiaojie has been transferred to the Hematology Oncology Department of the Children's Center for chemotherapy.
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