Recently, a 9-year-old Tibetan girl Gesang (pseudonym) went up the mountain with two friends to herd yaks. A black bear suddenly appeared and threw Gesang to the ground. Afterwards, Gesang was rushed to the people of Qamdo, Tibet. hospital treatment.
Due to the limited local treatment conditions, more than 20 days after the operation, Gesang's wound became infected, the wound was red and swollen and could not heal, and there was fluid outflow.
Seeing this, the Chongqing doctor who was supported by the Changdu People's Hospital urgently contacted the neurosurgeon of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Chongyi Medicine. After understanding the medical history, he suspected that the child might have cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and suggested that the child be transferred to Chongqing for treatment.
The relay of life spanning thousands of kilometers was thus launched, and Gesang was successfully transferred to the Neurosurgery Department of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Heavy Medicine under the escort of his family.
Dr. Zhou Jianjun from the Department of Neurosurgery of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Heavy Medicine inquired and checked the child's condition in detail.
Through CT and MRI examinations, Gesang was diagnosed with kidney contusion, lumbar spine fracture, lumbar dura mater rupture, and cerebrospinal fluid leaked from the bite wound. Life-threatening.
After full preoperative preparation and surgical plan, Dr. Zhou Jianjun performed surgery on Gesang. During the operation, it was found that the child's spinal nerve was bitten off 2, the dura was torn 2 holes, and the structure of the posterior column of the 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae was Multiple fractures.
After more than 4 hours of operation, the dural repair and fracture fixation were successfully performed for Gesang.
(The video source of Jia Nan, Huang Feihong and Yuan Ruqing is from Children's Hospital Affiliated to Heavy Medicine)
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]