Uncle Huang, 71 years old, who lives in Yinyang Town, originally had good physical strength. Who knew that after moving a heavy object half a month ago, it was suddenly "suffocated" - the pain in the lower back was getting more and more serious, and there was an obvious "unfavorable movement" in the right lower limb.
As a last resort, on February 22, Uncle Huang, accompanied by his family, went to the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Qidong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment.
Tang Jilei, vice president of the hospital and an orthopedic expert, and Shao Jialong, deputy director of the 2nd Department of Orthopedics, examined him, and communicated with his family in detail based on the results of the MRI examination. "The patient was a highly free lumbar disc herniation, and the herniation of the large nucleus pulposus of the lumbar 2-3 caused right-sided symptoms. Patients and families are also desperate for symptomatic improvement. Shao Jialong introduced.
On February 23, with the cooperation of colleagues in the operating room and anesthesiology, the members of the orthopedic team performed unilateral double-channel endoscopic lumbar 2 3 nucleus pulposus extraction + fibrous annulus suture for Uncle Huang under general anesthesia with excellent professional knowledge and skilled surgical skills.
The whole procedure is not easy, because the nucleus pulposus tissue is severely adhered to the nerve root, and the downward height is free behind the lower vertebral body, which is difficult to release. It took a lot of ingenuity for our team to 'gnaw' this hard bone. Deputy Director Shao Jialong said after the operation, "The whole operation was around the nerves, and the spirit was highly concentrated, and I was really tired." However, after the operation, I saw that the patient's feet moved freely, and he was instantly full of strength. Being able to overcome such a difficult case also strengthened our confidence in the road of minimally invasive UBE!”
The Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the TCM Hospital is indeed excellent, and we are very satisfied. On March 4, Uncle Huang was successfully discharged from the hospital accompanied by his family.
UBE (unilateral dual-channel spinal endoscopic technique) is a minimally invasive technique that has emerged in recent years, which cleverly combines the advantages of traditional open surgery and microendoscopic surgery, through the establishment of dual channels (that is, one channel is used to "see" and the other channel is used to "do"), the operation is completely visualized, and the dual control operation is more flexible, simpler and safer. It is suitable for endoscopic minimally invasive cases such as complex intervertebral disc herniation and spinal stenosis, and is currently the most widely used minimally invasive technology for spine surgery. (Wang Haiyan).