Nanjing hospital completes forearm allograft surge
Not long ago, the specialists of the department of orthopedics in cooperation with other departments, the First Municipal Hospital of Nanjing municipality, successfully completed transplantation of an allograft right forearm.
The patient was a fisherman from Shandong who had lost his both forearms after an accidental bomb explosion and the First Hospital of Nanjing Municipality decided to perform for him the transplantation procedure. The hospital established a transplantation group headed by Dr. Wang Liming, a specialist in orthopedic surgery and deputy director of the hospital and Dr. Jiang Chunzhi, associate professor of orthopedics; the operation was proceeded in 4 stages: at first the forearm of the voluntary donor was cleansed; then measurements were done for the rudiment end of the forearm of the patient and the forearm of the donor in order to ensure free movement of the forearm after transplantation.; thirdly, deputy chief orthopedic surgeon Jiang Chunzhi et al incised the skin and muscles of the right forearm of the patient and vascular anastomosis was performed between the blood vessels of the donor and the patient; the procedure lasted for 4 hours and 10 minutes and the forearm of the donor recovered the blood circulation. At last, the operators sutured the nerves and muscles of the patient. Internal fixation with steel plates was performed over the bony connection sites. The whole procedure lasted for 6 and a half hours.
Three months after the surgery, the patient smoothly tided across the rejection period under the close supervision and investigation of the specialists of this hospital and the operation was finally announced to be successful. At present, the patient is already able to extend and flex his forearm and wrist of the survived graft forearm and enjoying a gradual recovery of his skin sensation., 百拇医药
The patient was a fisherman from Shandong who had lost his both forearms after an accidental bomb explosion and the First Hospital of Nanjing Municipality decided to perform for him the transplantation procedure. The hospital established a transplantation group headed by Dr. Wang Liming, a specialist in orthopedic surgery and deputy director of the hospital and Dr. Jiang Chunzhi, associate professor of orthopedics; the operation was proceeded in 4 stages: at first the forearm of the voluntary donor was cleansed; then measurements were done for the rudiment end of the forearm of the patient and the forearm of the donor in order to ensure free movement of the forearm after transplantation.; thirdly, deputy chief orthopedic surgeon Jiang Chunzhi et al incised the skin and muscles of the right forearm of the patient and vascular anastomosis was performed between the blood vessels of the donor and the patient; the procedure lasted for 4 hours and 10 minutes and the forearm of the donor recovered the blood circulation. At last, the operators sutured the nerves and muscles of the patient. Internal fixation with steel plates was performed over the bony connection sites. The whole procedure lasted for 6 and a half hours.
Three months after the surgery, the patient smoothly tided across the rejection period under the close supervision and investigation of the specialists of this hospital and the operation was finally announced to be successful. At present, the patient is already able to extend and flex his forearm and wrist of the survived graft forearm and enjoying a gradual recovery of his skin sensation., 百拇医药