Treat broken bones without cast at Vinmec

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The article is professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor II Mai Anh Kha, Orthopedic Surgeon - General Surgery Department - Vinmec Da Nang International General Hospital
Vinmec is proud to be one of the units capable of curing fractures without a cast. That is the surgical method of combining bones on the bright screen. This is a technique that has been applied by Vinmec for the past few years and is performed regularly at Vinmec Hai Phong.

1. Designated objects

Patients diagnosed with limb fractures were examined and diagnosed by Vinmec requiring bone re-fusion surgery.
Patients with injuries such as: wrist fractures, elbow fractures, limb fractures,...
After performing bone fusion surgery on the bright screen, the incision is usually of patients with good healing, good response and rehabilitation training.

2. The patient has been treated with bone fusion surgery on the bright screen

At Vinmec, surgery was performed for a young patient who fell with his hand on the floor and broke the condyle of the right humerus with misalignment. Through the images on the C-arm, Vinmec's doctor corrects the bones and pierces the nails to fix the bones under the bright screen. With this method, the patient does not need a cast at all. Moreover, after performing bone fusion, the patient only needs to continue to take care and be monitored at the hospital for 2 days, then he can be discharged, after hanging his arm and keeping it for 4 weeks

After 1 month of ossification, the patient returned to remove the nail and was diagnosed with a complete recovery to the broken arm. In particular, the fracture site only appeared two small dots, but did not leave a scar.
According to experts, the supracondylar fracture of the humerus is a very common fracture in children aged 5-12. This type of fracture is very dangerous, can cause complications of damage to blood vessels, nerves and leave negative functional and aesthetic sequelae to the elbow area.
For the treatment of fractures on the condyle of the humerus in children, special attention must be paid, if the person in charge of surgery is not experienced in handling, it is very easy to have complications affecting the ulnar nerve. .
When applying the method of chiropractic under the bright screen (C-arm) in the treatment of closed fractures for children, Vinmec is one of the units that has overcome almost all the disadvantages of having open surgery. and increase treatment accuracy and efficiency.

3. Reasons to perform this technique at Vinmec Hai Phong hospital

Bone fusion surgery on the bright screen is a minimally invasive surgery with many outstanding advantages such as: less damage to surrounding software, short operating time, accurate exposure of fracture location, and reduced risk of injury. chance of infection, reduce the number of days in hospital after surgery, reduce pain during surgery and after surgery well, facilitate early rehabilitation exercises, patients soon return to normal activities.
The hospital will regularly use nails, locking braces that bring outstanding advantages such as: helping patients to firmly fix bones along the anatomical axis, reducing the risk of screw splinting, reducing the risk of prosthetic joints. ,...
Intraoperative and postoperative pain relief: implementing the most advanced analgesia technique under the guidance of ultrasound, ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of analgesia, this is a highlight of Vinmec Hai Phong hospital is a painless hospital.
The patient's symptoms after surgery can respond to rehabilitation exercises, the incision heals well, the patient is stable, no fever.

In April & May 2021, when there is a need for examination and treatment of Fractures at Vinmec Danang International General Hospital, customers will enjoy double incentives:
- Free specialist examination and free gift Rehabilitation Package:
- Reduce 50% of the cost for customers who have indicated treatment after examination. The program is limited to the corresponding technique of each hospital and to customers who perform this treatment technique for the first time at Vinmec.

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