Reinventing the Finger of Life: Wearing a Prosthetic Doctor's Wonderful Rejuvenation to Help 500 + Severed Finger Patients Restart a New Chapter in Life

Original title: Successfully replanted over 500 severed finger (limb) patients! On the night of July 5th, Chen Biao, the deputy director of the Orthopedics Department of Dianjiang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Chongqing, who had just completed the surgery for the patient, told the People's Daily Health Client reporter that in addition to routine orthopedic surgery, he is also responsible for performing finger (limb) replantation, functional reconstruction, neurovascular repair, and other work for patients in need. Among them, surgeries with severe injuries and complex conditions may last for more than 10 hours.

At the end of last year, Chen Biao set a record for the longest time spent on orthopedic surgery at Dianjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Chen Biao explained that the optimal surgical time for amputation and finger amputation is within 6-8 hours, while replantation of amputation and finger amputation requires connecting the severed blood vessels and nerves under a microscope. Therefore, surgery requires high time and precision, and is time-consuming, which greatly tests the doctor's skills and physical strength. We had a surgery that lasted for 18 hours. ”The patient accidentally twisted their right hand into a wood crusher, and their wrist and palm were completely unrecognizable. Chen Biao judged that 'soft tissue damage is severe and difficult, but there is a chance'. He removed the damaged muscles, cleaned the wound surface, fixed the severed palm with a steel needle, found the broken ends of blood vessels, nerves, and tendons, and then sutured the blood vessels and nerves with hair like needles and thread under a microscope. Chen Biao, Deputy Director of the Orthopedics Department of the Fourth Ward of Dianjiang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Chongqing, is performing surgery on a patient. After 18 hours of rescue, the patient's hand was finally saved. Chen Biao said that such a long surgery is indeed a tough battle involving physical strength and technique for doctors. The patient feels and recovers from exercise, and has just completed the second rehabilitation surgery. Having been drenched in the rain, I always want to hold an umbrella for others. ”When asked why he chose hand surgery, a highly precise and labor-intensive "niche" major, Chen Biao admitted that at the age of 7, he did not receive timely treatment for a traumatic infection, resulting in osteomyelitis of the distal right tibia, necrosis and defect of the epiphyseal plate, and gradually developing a shortened deformity of the right calf. After reaching adulthood, his right leg was 10 centimeters shorter than his left leg and underwent bone lengthening surgery. Because I suffered from physical disabilities since childhood, I aspired to become a doctor at a very young age, so that I could help more rural patients who need treatment like me. ”Chen Biao said, "When I first worked in Dianjiang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology was expanded, and the specialty of hand and foot microsurgery could be established, so I decided to go back to my hometown in Dianjiang.". ”Chen Biao said he doesn't want to see rural patients like him who are disabled due to limited medical conditions or untimely treatment. In 2015, Chen Biao, who had bought time for patients with severed fingers, had to undergo amputation surgery himself. Due to standing for a long time and maintaining the same posture for high-intensity surgery, his right lower limb has been swollen for a long time, leading to the failure of bone lengthening surgery a few years ago. Chen Biao, who had been fitted with a prosthetic, had just the right wound and returned to the front line of diagnosis and treatment with the help of a cane. Because I had my own amputation, I am more able to empathize with patients. ”Chen Biao said that when faced with the challenge of whether patients choose amputation, he always chooses a higher difficulty path that is "life-saving and limb saving" if the patient's physical condition allows.

Over the past decade of practicing medicine, Chen Biao has participated in more than 10000 surgeries, including over 5400 main surgeries, of which over 500 were successful in limb replantation.