On the eve of discharge, Grandma Wang held Wang Wanming's hand and expressed her gratitude repeatedly.
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Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Li Li, Correspondent Zhou Shan) A centenarian grandma Wang suffered a stroke and was sent to the hospital for rescue. The doctor bravely took the risk and performed intra-arterial thrombolytic treatment. The old man was successfully rescued and her limb strength improved the next day after the operation. , the speech function will be restored as before. It is reported that this is the oldest patient to date who has successfully received minimally invasive interventional treatment for acute cerebral infarction at Wuhan Brain Hospital and Yangtze River Shipping General Hospital.
Grandma Wang was born in 1921 and will be one hundred years old this year. With a happy family and a strong body, the old man looks much younger than his actual age. After lunch last week, Grandma Wang suddenly had a crooked mouth, weakness in her left limbs, and dizziness as she lay on the sofa. She gradually became unable to speak clearly. The frightened family members went through several rounds before transferring the old woman to Wuhan Brain Center 6 hours later. Diagnosis and treatment at the Yangtze River Shipping General Hospital.
Considering that Grandma Wang was very old and had typical symptoms, the hospital immediately launched a green channel for stroke treatment and improved inspections. After ruling out the high risk of cerebral hemorrhage, she was diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction.
Unfortunately, when the elderly came to the hospital, they had already missed the best time window for treatment within 4.5 hours, and conventional interventional surgeries for cerebral infarction generally have an upper limit of 80 years old. Otherwise, it would be an extreme physiological and technical challenge for patients and doctors, but seeing Wang Grandma had a strong desire to survive. Director Wang Wanming, a specialist in neurology, made up his mind and took risks. After precise assessment and with rich experience in interventional surgeries, he performed minimally invasive whole-brain angiography and intra-arterial thrombolysis interventional surgeries for the elderly overnight.
Wang Wanming's team accurately controlled the dosage of thrombolytic drugs and successfully defeated the thrombus scattered in the patient's right frontal and parietal lobes one by one. On the day after the operation, Grandma Wang's limb strength and speech function recovered significantly, her dizziness disappeared, and her spirit became clear.
Source: Wuhan Evening News
