Multi-disciplinary cooperation – Lucky healing of a patient with spinal dominant paralysis

 The company’s main business is the development of a new product, a new product for the company. It was not expected that Uncle Shen slowly appeared weakness in both feet, walking are difficult. He had to be dragged to our hospital neurology department by a woman who did not want to involve her children. After careful examination, Dr. Zeng Qingjian of the Department of Neurology initially suspected a thoracic spinal cord lesion, and an MRI examination did suggest compression of the spinal cord in the thoracic 8-9 and thoracic 11. Further examination revealed multiple masses in the lungs bilaterally. The patient was quickly referred to our Thoracic Surgery Department, and Dr. Liu Degang contacted our Orthopedic Oncology Department on the same day to discuss the condition together. After studying the medical records together, Dr. Li Haomiao, Director of the Department of Bone Oncology, Dr. Lei Zixiong, Dr. Dai Shuangwu and Dr. Lu Ming pointed out that multiple lesions, tumors or infections were possible, and the lesions compressed the spinal cord, risking paraplegia at any time and requiring early surgery to release the compression. Finally, we decided that the Department of Orthopedic Oncology and the Department of Thoracic Surgery would operate together, and the Department of Thoracic Surgery would remove the lesion from the chest, and the Department of Orthopedic Oncology would place the thoracic root nail after removing the lesion from the back. Although the operation was very risky, the family finally accepted the treatment plan after patient communication between Dr. Dai Shuangwu and the family. Fortunately, the surgery was very successful and the patient’s numbness and weakness of lower limbs were completely relieved the next day after the surgery. Even more happily, the pathological results showed that it was tuberculosis and not a dreadful malignant metastasis. The patient and his family were very excited and relieved, with a heartfelt smile on their faces! The efficient treatment of this spinal occupational paralysis patient, it reflects the spirit of our hospital’s sincere and united multidisciplinary cooperation, and reflects the province’s first-class technical level of our bone oncology department, especially the absolute leading position of spinal tumor surgery in Guangdong Province!