Chapter 2275 [2275] Lucky Guy

If one day medicine can achieve a breakthrough that organs can be replaced, surgeons can cut them at will. Is this possible? Creating organs is equivalent to creating God, which is too amazing. It is a bit too far to achieve this goal with the current scientific capabilities of human beings. It is better to think about how to continue to kill tumor cells faster.

Similarly, where can we find drugs to fill the esophagus that is hollowed out in esophageal atresia for children? We can only let the children continue to grow organs to fill the gap. Note that the esophagus cannot grow back to such a long section for this long organ. Doctors hope that nutrition can supply other organs to grow longer.

Growing organs need nutrition, and the esophagus is closed and no nutrition can reach the digestive tract below.

Children cannot not eat to supplement nutrition. This is a lack of digestive tract structure. What needs to be done is not intravenous nutrition, but to quickly rebuild the digestive tract. At this time, the doctor will choose to perform gastric or intestinal fistula surgery on the patient.

It is also a fistula, but this time it is intentional and artificial, which is a form of medical treatment. Make a hole in the surface of the abdominal cavity and dig a tunnel (fistula) to reach the patient's stomach or intestine. In this way, nutrients can be injected from the outside into the child's digestive tract for digestion and absorption.

The above fistula surgery is a first-stage surgery, and its goal is to prepare for the second-stage surgery.

The nutrition is sufficient, and the child's other organs grow healthily to a certain age, generally when the child grows to about four, five or six years old. The doctor confirmed through examination that the child's other organs have grown strong, which means that the doctor can find materials to fill the esophagus from the child's other organs.

The second-stage surgery is to do this: take part of the child's other organs to fill the missing esophagus section, so that the esophagus and stomach are reconnected and connected, and the normal digestive system is restored.

This surgical method is similar to esophageal cancer surgery, cutting a section from the stomach to make the esophagus. Otherwise, cut a section from the intestine to make the esophagus. This kind of surgery is called gastric or colon esophageal replacement.

It sounds cruel. This child is born to be treated similarly to cancer patients.

After hearing 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 to wipe his sweat again. Fortunately, he did not successfully curse his son.

Which is the best type? In summary, it must be type V (type H). Type H is the only type of esophageal atresia in which the child's entire esophagus grows well, but there is just a fistula connected to the trachea. It is easier for doctors to deal with type H. Since last year, the surgery department of Seoul Children's Hospital has been able to use thoracoscopy to solve type H fistulas.

Compared with those surgeries that often require large thoracotomy, this surgery can be regarded as a "small incision" and can be regarded as a relatively "small" surgery in Seoul Children's Hospital.

So, the parent Hu Hao shouted loudly that his son was in danger before. In fact, compared with other children, his son is a lucky one.

You know, 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 takes all departments to jointly perform major operations on the child.

In the eyes of the surgeons of Seoul Children's Hospital, the child's disease is currently estimated to be relatively minor in pediatrics. As Dr. Wada said, he has to queue up to make way for other critically ill children. However, the doctor will not say that he does not pay attention to it. Minor diseases cannot lead to major diseases. Explain the situation clearly to the family members so that they can feel at ease and continue to do their work to avoid accidents.