The Urgent Care Hospital doctors restored the femur destroyed by necrosis
In September of this year, a 34-year-old man with severe lower back pain radiating to the lower limb was admitted to the Neurosurgical Department of the Urgent Care Hospital in Naberezhnye Chelny.
According to doctors, in most cases, young people are treated with suspicion of osteochondrosis and herniated discs with these complaints. However, it happens that the cause of a patient’s pain is entirely different, much more dangerous.
That is why the hospital specialists immediately implemented a examination plan. It was necessary to identify an actual cause of such pain in the patient. Dr. Ruslan M. Yakhin, the head of the Radiology Department of the Urgent Care Hospital, revealed a severe pathology - aseptic necrosis of the femoral heads. It is a situation when the bone elements of the joint dissolve for several reasons. In this patient's case, previous chemotherapy for a malignant tumor was the cause of such a condition.
The doctors' team immediately discussed the identified changes. The team included the heads of Trauma and Orthopedic departments Drs. Albert L. Kutyavin and Ruslan G. Gabdullin. They decided to immediately carry out a phased replacement of the hip joints so that the young patient could return to a full life.
A complex operation was performed to replace one hip joint, which lasted one and a half hours in total. This operation's essence is as follows: the patient's destroyed femoral head is carefully removed, then the femoral neck is cut out. A special prosthesis consisting of two components is inserted in their place, in the hollow and the femoral canal. This procedure is called a total hip replacement. The team of the UCH specialists managed it perfectly. Later it is planned to replace the second joint.
The patient has now been discharged from the hospital and is doing well. Note that a person can fully walk in a couple of months after such an operation, and in six months, such patients fully recover.