On April 28, Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital confirmed that the unit's doctors and nurses had just reattached the completely severed left foot to a patient who had a workplace accident.
Previously, at about 8 am on April 21, Mr. H.V. C (41 years old, residing in A Doi commune, Quang Tri province) while cutting grass, the blade of the cutter broke and flew, causing a severed left ankle.
The serious injury caused the patient to lose a lot of blood and faint. After that, the family took the victim to Huong Hoa Regional General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Faced with the patient's rapid blood loss, high risk of shock and limb necrosis, doctors both actively resuscitated and activated the inter-hospital emergency procedure with Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital. At this time, the severed limb was wrapped in sterile gauze, stored in a sealed bag and placed in an ice crates.
Immediately after first aid, the patient was urgently transferred. At the same time, at Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital, the "red alert" procedure was activated. The Departments of Emergency Resuscitation and Orthopedic Trauma Surgery conducted remote consultations while the patient was still on the way to the hospital, and fully prepared the team, operating room and equipment.
Upon admission, the entire process of receiving, evaluating and preparing for surgery was urgently deployed. After only 10 minutes, the patient was taken to the operating room, without interruption in the emergency chain.
According to doctors, surgery to reconnect a severed foot is a particularly complex microsurgery technique, requiring simultaneous regeneration of many structures such as bone, anterior and posterior tibia arteries, tendon, muscle and nerve systems. The surgery requires high accuracy, quick operation but still ensures maximum restoration of limb function.
The surgery lasted more than 4 hours with continuous treatment steps including cleaning crushed tissue, fitting bone with Kirschner nails, stitching the main vascular bundles to restore circulation, and stitching tendons, muscles and nerves.
After restoring blood flow, the feet quickly turned pink and warm again, an important sign that circulation has been restored, and the surgery was initially successful.
A week after surgery, the patient had positive progress: warm pink feet, good capillary response, and toes starting to move slightly. This result shows promising treatment effectiveness, while affirming the professional capacity and high technical mastery of the team of doctors and nurses of the Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital in handling complex injuries.
