China News Service, Shanghai, January 8 (Chen Jing Xuying) With the normalized management of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it is difficult for patients living overseas to return to China for medical treatment. How to solve practical problems for them?
The reporter learned on the 8th that a transoceanic MDT multidisciplinary joint consultation was held at the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.
The convenience, speed and security advantages of Internet medical treatment are prominent.
It is reported that the four patients who entered the air clinic for consultation were from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
One of the patients has just been tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid and is self-isolating.
Experts discuss the condition together.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Ninth Hospital
The attending doctor in the air clinic is a multidisciplinary expert in the field of orthodontics.
During the consultation, they first introduced the patient's basic situation and analysis of various image measurement data, and then conducted an online consultation to understand the patient's current implementation process and existing problems.
Zhu Min, deputy director of the Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial Department, told reporters on the 8th that the patient who was just found to be positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid had received combined orthognathic and orthodontic treatment in the United States. Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, Ninth Hospital.
Together with Professor Wang Xudong, he established a sequential treatment plan for him and began to implement it gradually.
According to the plan, he had to come to the hospital for a follow-up consultation a few years ago, but this time, due to the epidemic, he could not come as scheduled, and he could not come back for a follow-up normally when he was found to be positive.
This online MDT multidisciplinary consultation, on the one hand, is to keep abreast of his invisible orthodontic treatment process, and on the other hand, periodontists are invited to provide him with evaluation and advice on periodontal maintenance.
The patient said that he and his family were very happy to learn that he could conduct follow-up visits through the MDT clinic of the Ninth Hospital Internet Hospital.
At noon that day, the patient's mother participated in the entire online consultation through the family platform in China.
The patient said that the overseas follow-up consultation not only obtained professional guidance and follow-up treatment opinions from multidisciplinary experts, but also relieved the anxiety and nervousness of medical treatment at home.
In an interview with reporters on the same day, Professor Wang Xudong, Vice President of Shanghai Ninth Hospital and Director of Oral Cranio-Maxillofacial Department, said that Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital took the lead in establishing an Internet hospital MDT air clinic in Shanghai, which can support 1 patient, 4 family members and up to 9 patients at the same time. experts online at the same time.
This multi-disciplinary joint consultation of Transocean MDT has not only improved the service level of the department to solve intractable diseases and practical problems for patients with dental and maxillofacial deformities, but also provided more online medical service scenarios for the Ninth Hospital Internet Hospital. Good experience and reference.
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