An 18-month-old baby had his hand severed by a family ice cutter.

On the afternoon of September 30, Thai Nguyen Central Hospital announced that on the evening of September 29, the hospital received a nearly 18-month-old patient (in Phu Binh district, Thai Nguyen ) with a severed right hand.

The family said that while playing, the child unconsciously put his right hand into the ice cutting machine at the family's ice factory and the machine severed it. The child was given first aid at the local hospital and transferred to Thai Nguyen Central Hospital immediately afterwards.

Surgeons reattach a child's hand. Photo: Provided by the hospital

After receiving the patient, the hospital's specialized functional departments closely coordinated, conducted a consultation and immediately performed hand transplant surgery for the patient.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Thai Nguyen Central Hospital, said that the case of a nearly 18-month-old patient is a rare case of severed hand. The patient's entire tendon, wrist bone, radial and ulnar nerve bundles were severed, making the surgery very complicated, the most difficult of which was the surgery to restore blood vessels and nerves. To perform the surgery, anesthesia must be ensured, and the surgeons must have high expertise and experience in microsurgery to reattach hands.

Successfully reattached the severed right hand of a nearly 18-month-old patient

After more than 5 hours of surgery, determined to save the child's hand, the doctors successfully performed microsurgery to reattach the child's severed right hand.

Currently, nearly 1 day after surgery, the patient is awake, can drink milk and communicate with relatives.

D.Thu

Source: https://nld.com.vn/suc-khoe/be-gan-18-thang-tuoi-bi-may-cat-da-cua-gia-dinh-cat-dut-lia-ban-tay-20230930174434628.htm