On March 12, talking with reporter Dan Tri, doctor Nguyen Ngoc Hoang – Head of the Department of Kidney and Urology Surgery, Central Highlands General Hospital, confirmed that the hospital had just Successful surgery to reattach a severed penis to a patient.
According to initial information, around 1:40 a.m. on the same day, Central Highlands General Hospital received patient Y.D.N. (79 years old, residing in Cu Kuin district, Dak Lak) in a state of severed penis, bleeding heavily, hypotension.
Immediately after that, the patient was taken to the operating room by hemostatic doctors. After more than an hour of surgery, the severed blood vessels and penis were successfully reconnected.
According to Dr. Hoang, the surgical process encountered many difficulties because the penis was cut by an object. If used incorrectly, the penis is not preserved properly, causing crushing and risk of necrosis, making cutting, shaping, and suturing difficult.
According to Dr. Hoang, the patient had a prostate tumor that caused The difficulty in urinating over time gradually causes the patient to experience psychological discomfort.
“After successfully connecting the penis and waiting for the wound to recover, we will continue to operate on the front-line tumor so that patients can easily urinate” informed Dr. Hoang.
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