Plastic surgery helps patients overcome inferiority complex

After surgery many years ago, a patient had a serious complication, the screws in the jaw bone area were exposed.

On October 31, Cho Ray Hospital announced that it had successfully performed plastic surgery on a patient with severe jaw bone complications.

Last September, Mr. LTD (61 years old, HCMC) came to Cho Ray Hospital for examination with the entire screw plate in the lower left jaw exposed.

6 years ago, the patient had surgery to remove the jaw tumor and put in a shaping splint. However, the complications became more and more severe, the entire splint and screw were exposed, causing pain and inconvenience. For many years, Mr. D. did not dare to look in the mirror and felt very self-conscious when communicating.

The screw plate from the previous surgery was exposed in the left jawbone area.

According to Dr. Tran Van Duong, Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Cho Ray Hospital, the patient had a serious heart condition, with a heart rate ranging from 30-50 beats/minute (normal range is 70-90 beats/minute).

If plastic surgery is performed, the patient is at risk of cardiac arrest during surgery. The use of anesthetics and muscle relaxants also directly affects the conduction of the heart.

After an interdisciplinary consultation, the doctors decided to install a temporary pacemaker for the patient. The surgery lasted nearly 5 hours, removing all exposed screws and plates, and using a 12cm long fibula skin flap to reconstruct the jawbone defect.

Currently, the patient is recovering well, no longer feeling self-conscious and in pain like before.

GIAO SPIRIT

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/phau-thuat-tao-hinh-giup-nguoi-benh-thoat-khoi-mac-cam-post821042.html