Share to: Welcome to post comments I want to comment Hongnet Changsha - February 9, by reporter Lei Dong and correspondent Xue Tang. On the Lantern Festival, a woman accidentally had her legs severed by a steel wire while working, and was then urgently sent to the Central Hospital of Changsha for treatment. After a 12-hour double lower limb reattachment surgery, her life was barely saved. Currently, the patient is under intensive care and treatment at the EICU of the Central Hospital of Changsha.
Just about five minutes later, Ms. Cai was wheeled from the emergency room into the operating room. More than 10 hours later, the surgery was announced successful. The blood supply to Ms. Cai's reattached lower limbs was restored, and the two severed limbs finally regained vitality. During the operation, Ms. Cai received a blood transfusion of up to 11,000 milliliters, equivalent to changing all the blood in an adult's body twice.
"Previously, the hospital has carried out various types of limb reattachment surgeries, but this kind of bilateral severe damage reattachment is the first case, which is rare even nationwide," said Director Physician Chou Ke. Although the patient's legs have been reattached, due to the dual trauma of the amputation and surgery, as well as excessive blood loss, she has not yet passed the critical period and is currently receiving intensive care treatment in the Emergency ICU. Infection control, complications, and post-rehabilitation are all major challenges that Ms. Cai and her family will face soon.
"When she was brought in, her entire lower limbs were covered in blood, and even the two severed legs were carried into the operating room by medical staff. At that time, the patient was already experiencing ischemic shock and could be in mortal danger at any moment," recalled the on-duty nurse at the time.
On the morning of February 6 at around 11 o'clock, the Central Hospital of Changsha received an emergency call. Ms. Cai, aged 34, accidentally had her legs severed by a steel wire while working. Her lower limbs were completely severed for nearly an hour before being urgently sent to the Central Hospital of Changsha for treatment.
Ms. Cai, whose legs were severed by the steel wire, during the operation.