According to BS.CK2 Nguyen Khac Nam - Deputy Head of General Surgery Department of Can Tho Central General Hospital, trauma caused by sharp objects or foreign objects piercing the body is a serious type of injury, which can simultaneously cause penetration damage and tissue crushing, leading to the risk of bleeding, infection and damage to many organs.
These cases often occur in accidents with strong impact such as traffic accidents, accidents at construction sites, falls from heights or slipping.
The dangerous point of transvaginal trauma is that the path of the foreign object is often complex and difficult to predict.
Accordingly, an iron bar or sharp object can penetrate many layers of tissue, blood vessels, nerves or internal organs, while the foreign object is still in the body. Therefore, patients not only face the risk of acute blood loss, but also may experience serious complications if the foreign object is moved or removed incorrectly.
In cases of complex lesions, the effectiveness of treatment depends greatly on the coordination between emergency, resuscitation, diagnostic imaging, anesthesia and resuscitation and related surgical specialties.
From the initial emergency process, transportation, receiving patients to surgery and post-operative care, each stage needs to be carried out quickly, accurately and with close coordination.
The case of a patient whose body was pierced by 2 iron bars after a traffic accident who was successfully admitted and treated at Can Tho Central General Hospital (which Lao Dong newspaper reported) is a special situation, in which the patient also has damage to the abdominal cavity, small intestine and many soft tissue structures in the thigh area.
The case also shows the role of initial treatment from the front line, the intra-hospital red alert procedure and the multi-specialized coordination in handling complex transvasive injuries.
Doctors at Can Tho Central General Hospital recommend that people, when an accident occurs with a foreign object piercing through the body, do not arbitrarily remove the foreign object from the body. Because this operation can damage blood vessels, internal organs or cause massive bleeding.
The important thing is that people need to quickly take the victim out of the scene safely, fix the foreign object, and promptly transfer the patient to a medical facility with multi-specialized coordination in surgery and intensive resuscitation for safe treatment.
