In Berdyansk, surgeons saved the leg of a patient with necrosis from amputation

Specialists of the Regional Vascular Center in Berdyansk have expanded the list of surgical operations thanks to new consumables. This was reported in the story of the TV channel “Za!TV”.

Head of the Department of X-ray surgical diagnostic methods Bogdan Shkolova told about the rescue of a 67-year-old man. The patient was admitted with the initial stage of necrosis, he was threatened with amputation of the leg above the knee. The vessel was closed by more than 90 percent. The doctors opened it and restored it. Now the man went home on his feet.

Previously, only the heart and large main vessels were operated on in the center. Now doctors work with the peripheral arteries of the hands and feet. Since the beginning of the month, they have conducted three such operations. From next week, doctors will begin interventions on the uterine arteries in the treatment of fibroids.

The head of the center Cesar Victor Duran explained the principle of such an operation. Doctors do not open the vessel, but block the nutrition of the tumor. The blood flow stops, the formation stops growing or decreases. This relieves pain and allows you to save the female organ.

Over the past ten months, the center has conducted almost 800 operations. The 15-bed department gives patients the opportunity to undergo rehabilitation under the supervision of doctors. For example, Lyudmila Seshchenko from Polog will have to install a pacemaker. The local doctor sent her to Berdyansk, where the woman was received without delay.

The center receives patients from Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. People get there both by plan and by ambulance. After discharge, patients undergo regular check-ups and receive free medication for two years. This reduces the risk of complications and helps maintain quality of life.