Voronezh surgeons rescued 21-year-old girl after falling from the fourth floor

Doctors of the Voronezh region helped to return to full life 21-year-old patient who received serious injuries when falling from a height of the fourth floor. About the rescue of the girl told in the regional Ministry of health.

According to the agency, the victim came with a fracture of the spine with displacement, as well as with fractures of both legs. She was first taken to a district hospital where doctors stabilized her condition. Then the brigade of the Center for Disaster Medicine urgently transferred the girl to the regional hospital No. 1.

In the medical facility, the patient was almost immediately sent to the operating room. Neurosurgeons Oleg Tsokalo and Alexei Golosov, together with anesthesiologist-resuscitator Alexei Gulyaev and operating sister Anna Komarova conducted a complex intervention: they eliminated the pressure of bone fragments on the spinal cord, restored the normal position of the displaced fragments and fixed the damaged vertebra with a titanium structure, which now performs a supporting function.

According to doctors, the operation went without complications. The pain that tormented the girl after the fall, passed. The key result was that the doctors managed to maintain strength and sensitivity in the legs, preventing disability.

After that, the patient was transferred to the trauma department, where the legs were operated on: osteosynthesis of the tibial bone was performed, and a fracture of the heel bone was recorded by the Ilizarov apparatus.

In the coming months, the girl will have another, intermediate surgical treatment, after which rehabilitation will begin - physical therapy and physiotherapy. The prognosis of doctors is favorable: with all the recommendations, the ability to walk confidently will be restored almost in full.