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Saving the life of a 95-year-old man with small bowel necrosis

HVT, 95 years old, living in Duc Hoa district, Long An, suffering from epigastric pain for 3 days, vomiting and fatigue, was taken to the emergency room of Xuyen A Long An Hospital by his family.

On April 9, specialist doctor 2, Nguyen Vu An – Head of General Surgery, Xuyen A Long An Hospital, said that the test results and ultrasound showed that the patient had quite a serious infection.

Patient is diagnosed intestinal infection, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peritonitis suspected of intestinal injury. Immediately, the patient was transferred to the operating room for surgery.

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Patients recovering from surgery, health stable

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The doctors performed an amputation small intestine necrotic. After taking out the purple-black small intestine, the doctor checked, if no other lesions were noted, the abdomen should be washed and the inflammatory fluid removed for the patient.

The surgery took place successfully for more than 1 hour.

After surgery, the patient was actively treated at the ICU, now his health condition is stable and is gradually recovering very well.

According to Dr. An, peritonitis is a very serious disease in surgery due to many causes such as intestinal perforation, gastric perforation, intestinal obstruction. If not treated early, it can lead to shock and toxic intra-abdominal infections with a mortality rate of up to 60-70%. Therefore, patients should immediately go to a medical facility for early diagnosis when there are signs to limit the risk of such a situation occurring.

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