Fighting with neighbors, 40-year-old man had both hands cut off

(Dan Tri) - On November 6, a representative of Cho Ray Hospital said that recently, doctors here treated a man who had both hands severed in a fight with a neighbor.

Previously, at around 11pm on October 16, patient PTC (40 years old, residing in Dong Thap province) was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital in a state of severe blood loss shock, multiple injuries with slashes on the chest, back and both hands. One hand was completely severed, the other hand was only a bridge of skin and bone.

Medical history revealed that Mr. C. suffered severe injuries to both hands in a fight with a neighbor.

Cho Ray Hospital doctor examines the wounds on the man's two arms (Photo: Hospital).

Immediately after receiving the patient, Cho Ray Hospital activated the red alert procedure, mobilizing forces from the Emergency Department, Orthopedic Trauma and Anesthesia Department to coordinate the treatment. After performing a blood transfusion and stabilizing the patient's hemodynamics, the patient was quickly taken straight to the operating room.

Dr. Tran Phuoc Binh, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, said that this was a very complicated and stressful surgery. The surgery lasted 12 hours with the participation and coordination of all 3 surgical teams of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology.

The first team initially treated both limbs, cleaned, fixed the bones and prepared for microsurgery. At dawn, the hand microsurgery team continued to connect blood vessels, nerves and tendons to both hands. With the right hand almost severed, the doctors combined the bones, reconnected blood vessels and nerves under a microscope.

In the completely severed left hand, there were more obstacles for doctors due to complex injuries and unstable hemodynamics. At times, the team had to reopen the incision to reconnect blood vessels.

By 1pm the following day, the surgery was a success, both hands were pink, warm and showed signs of life. Ten days after the micro-limb reattachment surgery, the patient continued to undergo additional skin grafting.

Currently, after a period of physical therapy and monitoring of vital signs, the patient's condition is stable, both hands are doing well and he has been discharged from the hospital.

Dr. Tran Phuoc Binh shared that the technique of reattaching severed limbs by microsurgery is a form of “super surgery”, requiring high skills and modern equipment. At the Department of Trauma and Orthopedics of Cho Ray Hospital, each shift has a microsurgeon to promptly handle complicated cases of severed limbs upon admission.

Just one week after the above case, the hospital received many cases of severed fingers, hands and feet, and all of them had successful limb reattachment surgery.

Both of the patient's hands were successfully saved (Photo: Hospital).

Doctor Binh warned that recently, the number of cases of injuries caused by fights that the department has received has tended to increase, most of which are related to conflicts after drinking alcohol.

However, not all cases can be treated successfully if the previous treatment method is incorrect. Orthopedic trauma experts emphasize that when an accident unfortunately occurs, the first step of proper first aid is very important.

Accordingly, the patient needs to stop the bleeding, quickly preserve the severed limb with a clean bandage placed in a sealed nylon bag, then put the bag in a bucket of ice water (do not immerse directly). Then, quickly transfer the victim to a medical facility capable of performing microsurgery for timely treatment and care.

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