Public Health News, New Hunan Client, February 26 (Correspondent Yang Hua, Li Dongjing) Late at night on February 21, the Department of Neurology of the Hecheng Branch of the Second People's Hospital of Huaihua City successfully carried out the basilar artery opening surgery for an elderly patient with acute cerebral infarction with sudden consciousness disorder and limb weakness.
Grandpa Zhang, who lives in the south of the city, felt unwell on the 21st, and did not pay attention to it at that time and did not inform his family. It wasn't until the family found that Grandpa Zhang had symptoms of coma, quadriplegia, and inability to speak, so they immediately called the Hecheng Branch of the Second People's Hospital of Huaihua City**. The emergency doctor immediately arrived at the scene, considered Grandpa Zhang's symptoms to be an acute cerebral infarction, and quickly contacted the hospital's stroke treatment team to open a green channel for stroke treatment.
Li Dongjing, director of the Department of Neurology, performed a cerebral angiography examination for Grandpa Zhang after a detailed assessment of his condition, and found that his basilar artery was completely occluded, and other cerebral blood vessels also had multiple stenosis, and the situation was not optimistic. With the consent of the family, Li Dongjing immediately performed basilar artery occlusion and opening surgery for Grandpa Zhang, and the operation went very smoothly. After the operation, Grandpa Zhang's cerebrovascular blood flow was quickly unobstructed, and he was awake immediately, and the muscle strength of his limbs basically returned to normal. In order to escort the follow-up development, the neurology intervention team, under the leadership of Li Dongjing, formulated a perfect diagnosis and treatment plan for Grandpa Zhang, and paid great attention to his recovery.
Li Dongjing introduced, cerebral infarction (commonly known as stroke) is a type of disease with the highest incidence of cerebrovascular disease, more than seven million people have stroke every year in China, and acute occlusion of the basilar artery is the type of disease with the highest mortality and disability rate in cerebrovascular disease, such as delaying the treatment time, not opening the blood vessels early to restore blood flow, the mortality rate and severe disability rate are as high as more than 80%, causing a great burden to the family and society. For patients with cerebral infarction, "time is life, time is the brain", hesitation will only lead to more brain cell death and worse prognosis, and should be quickly sent to a qualified hospital for timely diagnosis and treatment.
Minimally invasive neurointerventional endovascular surgery** is one of the most important treatments for emergency cerebrovascular diseases. Through continuous learning and innovation, with the support and cooperation of emergency ICU, imaging, testing, anesthesia and other disciplines, the interventional team of the Department of Neurology of the Second People's Hospital of Huaihua City has achieved outstanding results and rich experience in the treatment of severe cerebrovascular diseases, and has established a 24-hour green channel for emergency stroke treatment, giving hope to the majority of stroke patients.