Two months after being trapped in the "lumbarism", the 91 -year -old grandfather persuaded his children to go on the operating table

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan client August 3 (correspondent Liu Shanshan) The 90 -year -old man was tortured by lumbarism. Recently, the elderly persuaded their children to bravely go to the operating table. The orthopedic experts of the Wuhan Central Hospital successfully performed surgery and solved his 20 years of illness.

Grandpa Zhang, who lives in Huankou, is 91 years old this year. He has a tough body. He can basically take care of himself in life, but it has been troubled by lumbar disc herniation for 20 years. He often has waist and leg pain. He believes that when he is old, it is normal to have waist and leg pain, so he didn't take it seriously. In recent years, the symptoms of the elderly's back pain and the symptoms of legs pain have been worsening, and they have been unable to be there. In the past few years, they have tried a variety of methods such as physiotherapy, taking blood circulation and pain, and puncture minimally invasive therapy. The effect is not obvious. Sitting upset every day, you can only lie on the bed, and life depends on children in turn. Not only that, he often suffered severe waist and leg pain at night, and it was difficult to turn over. He couldn't sleep all night and suffered. The whole person was thinner. The child looked at the distress and took him to a number of hospitals. The doctor suggested that conservative treatment relieve pain, but various conservative treatment methods have no effect on him. Finally, he came to the orthopedic surgery of Wuhan Central Hospital.

After examination, considering lumbar disc herniation, compressing nerves caused sciatica, and severe spinal tube stenosis. Because the elderly had previously treated in the outer hospital, the spinal canal was widely adhered, and surgery was needed. But general anesthesia surgery is a great adventure for the 91 -year -old elderly. The functions of the organs of the elderly have a certain degree of degeneration, and have combined a variety of basic diseases. The risk of surgery and anesthesia is very high.

At the beginning, Grandpa Zhang's children were unwilling to surgery, and worried that the elderly would not be able to eat their age. But Grandpa Zhang's attitude is more determined than the children: "You must surgery, I don't want to lie in bed in the future." In the end, he successfully convinced several children.

Orthopedic experts perform surgery for patients.

The trust of patients and family members also gives doctors confidence. Before surgery, multi -disciplinary experts such as orthopedic surgery and anesthesia comprehensively evaluated the physical condition of the elderly and formulated a thorough surgical plan for it. After sufficient preoperative preparation and communication, Deputy Chief Physician Deng Bicheng of Orthopedic Surgery implemented a small incision with a microscope for a microscope and a small incision of small incisions and spinal pressure decompression nerves. Through the skillful technology, the stamped nerve roots were completely relieved, and the prominent intervertebral nuclear tissue was removed. The entire surgery process was smooth. The elderly recovered well after the operation. Under the careful treatment and care of the medical staff, they could get out of bed after a few days.

Zhang Weiguo, director of the orthopedic surgery of the hospital, introduced that lumbar disc herniation is a common disease in the elderly. Patients have severe back pain, leg pain numb symptoms, and even cannot even walk normally. At present, age is no longer the absolute taboo of surgery. Although the older the age, the higher the risk of surgery, after the risk of comprehensive assessment of multiple disciplines, if the elderly's physical condition permits, it can perform minimally invasive and accurate surgery under the microscope or endoscope Patients should take surgical treatment in time.

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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