Turn on the cinnamon exfoliating machine when adults are absent
The child patient was urgently admitted to the National Children's Hospital for surgery to retain his left hand after a serious accident caused by a homemade cinnamon shaving machine rolling in while operating.
According to the patient's family, the family has many years of experience in cinnamon production. Previously, the cinnamon peeling process was mainly done manually. However, in order to increase labor productivity, recently the family has put into use a peeling machine with a high-speed rotating shaft system to separate the cinnamon peel.
While adults carelessly did not pay attention, the boy started the machine himself. Unfortunately, the child's left hand was caught in the rotating rolling shaft system. Despite being panicked and in pain, the child still tried to turn off the machine himself before being discovered by relatives and taken to the emergency room.
About 6 hours after the accident occurred, the child was transferred to the National Children's Hospital after first aid at a local medical facility.
Here, doctors of the Emergency and Poison Control Department determined that the child had serious injuries to the forearm and left hand, many structures were crushed, and there was a risk of severely affecting mobility later.
Immediately after controlling bleeding and assessing the extent of the injury, doctors from the Department of Orthopedics in coordination with the anesthesia and resuscitation team held an emergency consultation and decided to perform emergency surgery immediately that night to maximally preserve the hand function for the child.
The surgery lasted more than 3 hours
MSc.BSCKII Nguyen Vu Hoang, Department of Orthopedics - who directly participated in the surgery - said that this is a particularly complex injury case when many flexed tendons, blood vessels and nerves are severed and crushed.
According to Dr. Hoang, some tendons are severely damaged to the point that the team has to consider selecting the restoration of the most important structures to retain the basic motor function for the hand. In addition to connecting tendons, blood vessels and nerves, doctors also regenerate the tendon-holding system so that fingers can move correctly in the future.
The surgery lasted more than 3 hours. In addition to connecting blood vessels and tendons, doctors also had to cover the soft tissue and rearrange the anatomical structure for the injured hand.
After surgery, the child's hand was pink and warm again, and the circulation of fingers recovered well. Just a few hours after surgery, the patient was able to move his fingers lightly according to the doctor's instructions.
After two weeks of treatment, the child's health recovered positively and he was discharged from the hospital. However, according to doctors, to fully restore hand function, the patient still needs to continue monitoring and functional rehabilitation in stages.
