A 99-year-old man is standing up again
Wan, who lives in Chaoyang District, is 99 years old and was admitted to our orthopedic department after suffering a fracture of her femoral neck due to a fall at home. Due to the severe pain after the injury, getting up in the morning to go grocery shopping or walking is now the “happiest thing” for the old man. The old man said, “I am so old, although I used to be able to cook for my children, now I have problems taking care of myself, and I have to be helped to urinate and defecate”. The strong old man often shed tears in secret. Shen Huiliang, Department of Orthopedics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
Femoral intertrochanteric fracture is one of the common types of fractures in the elderly, and is called: “the last fracture in adults”. Conservative treatment has disadvantages such as long bed rest and many complications. Long-term bed rest is likely to lead to complications such as crushing pneumonia, lower limb deep vein thrombosis, joint stiffness, etc., which can endanger the patient’s life in serious cases.
The deep and expectant eyes of the patients and their families deeply touched the heart of every orthopedic surgeon. The attending physician, Dr. Cao Guanglei, was anxious about the patient’s urgency and thought about the patient’s needs. Since the patient was of advanced age and the operation was risky, Dr. Cao actively discussed and exchanged treatment methods and measures with the consulting physicians of internal medicine and strengthened the perioperative management of the patient. On 2009-4-18, Dr. Shen Huiliang personally performed the left femoral head replacement surgery for the patient, and the patient is now recovering well and moving around. Mrs. Wan said happily, “I can finally stand up again”.
Over the past few years, the Department of Orthopedics has treated hundreds of elderly patients and accumulated certain experience in preoperative and postoperative patient management, fully reflecting the strong strength of our hospital as a geriatric hospital in Beijing.
Frontal and lateral x-ray of the patient before surgery
Postoperative X-ray of the patient in frontal and lateral position
Patient standing in bed on the third day