If one day there is a breakthrough in medicine where organs can be replaced, surgeons can cut them at will. Is this possible? Creating organs is equivalent to the Creator. It is amazing. It is a bit too much to achieve this goal with the current scientific capabilities of mankind.
It's far away. It's better to think about how to continue to use drugs to kill tumor cells faster.
In the same way, there is no way to replace a large section of the esophagus that is hollowed out by esophageal atresia. The only option is to let the child continue to grow organs to replace it. Note that the esophagus cannot grow back to such a long length for this long organ.
Doctors are pinning their hopes on supplying nutrients to other organs to grow longer.
Long organs need nutrients, and the esophagus is closed so no nutrients can reach the digestive tract below.
The child cannot go without food to supplement nutrition. This is a structural deficiency of the digestive tract. What needs to be done is not intravenous nutrition, but the reconstruction of the digestive tract quickly. At this time, the doctor will choose to perform gastric or enterostomy surgery on the patient.
It is also a fistula, this time it is deliberately man-made. It is a method of medical treatment. A hole is dug on the surface of the abdominal cavity and a tunnel (fistula) is dug to reach the patient's stomach or intestinal tract. In this way, nutrients can be inserted from the outside
Enter the child's digestive tract for digestion and absorption.
The above ostomy surgery is a first-stage surgery, and the goal is to prepare for the second-stage surgery.
Nutrition is sufficient, and the child's other organs have grown healthily to a certain age, usually when the child reaches about four, five or six years old. The doctor confirms through examination that the child's other organs have grown strong, which means that the doctor can find feeding tubes from the child's other organs.
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The second-stage surgery does this: take parts from other organs of the child to replace the missing esophageal segment, so that the esophagus and stomach can be reconnected and the normal digestive tract system can be restored.
This surgical method is similar to esophageal cancer surgery. A section is cut from the stomach to create the esophagus. Otherwise, a section is cut from the intestine to create the esophagus. This kind of surgery is called gastric or colon esophageal replacement surgery.
It sounds so cruel. This child was born with treatment similar to that of a tumor patient.
When parents hear this, who would think that it would be better for their children to have Type I?
Hu Hao raised the handkerchief given by the doctor and wiped his own sweat. Fortunately, he did not succeed in cursing his son.
Which is the best type? To sum up, it must be V type (H type). H type is the only type of esophageal atresia in which the child's entire esophagus has grown, but there is just a fistula connected to the trachea. The doctor wants
It is easier to deal with H-type fistulas. Since last year, the First Pediatric Surgery Department has been able to use thoracoscopy to solve H-type fistulas.
Compared with those surgeries that require large thoracotomy, this surgery can be regarded as a "small incision" and can be regarded as a relatively "minor" surgery in Seoul.
Therefore, the parent Hu Hao yelled that his son was in danger. In fact, compared to other children, his son was a lucky one.
You should know that children with congenital diseases like this often do not suffer from congenital malformations of a single organ. Many children are born with multiple organ malformations. It requires various departments to jointly perform major surgeries on the children.
In the eyes of Shouer's surgeon, the current visual inspection of this child's disease is relatively pediatric. As Dr. Wada said, he has to line up to make way for other critically ill children. However, the doctor will not say that he does not take it seriously. A minor illness cannot turn into a serious illness.
. Explain clearly to the family members, so that they can feel at ease and continue to do their work to avoid accidents.