导读:一年前,患者吉某因为车祸致右侧颌面部严重外伤、右耳廓撕脱缺失。医生通过手臂上“种”耳朵的方式为他进行了耳再造手术。
Doctors treating a man who lost his right ear in a car accident have helped him grow a new one-on his arm.
医生们治疗一个在车祸中失去了右耳的人,帮他在手臂上种出一只新耳朵。
The patient, identified only as Ji, who is in his late 30s, was injured a year ago and has been receiving treatment from Guo Shuzhong, an expert in reconstructive surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi’an.
该病人姓吉,今年30多岁,一年前受了伤,一直在西安交通大学第一附属医院整形颌面外科专家郭树忠的治疗。
Guo, who has 33 years of experience, and his colleague devised a three-step reconstruction plan using part of the patient’s rib cartilage.
郭有33年的经验,他的同事设计了一个使用病人部分肋软骨的三步再造计划。
In the first phase, doctors buried a skin expander in the patient’s right forearm and regularly injected water to expand the skin. In the second phase, doctors took part of the rib cartilage from the patient and buried it under the expanded skin, which was successfully done on Tuesday.
第一期在患者右前臂埋置皮肤扩张器,定期注水扩张。第二期取患者的自体肋软骨雕刻成耳支架,埋置进右前臂扩张好的皮瓣下,这一步于周二成功完成。
The third phase of the operation, to transplant the new ear onto Ji’s head, will be carried out in three or four months.
第三期手术是将新耳朵移植到吉的头上,将在三四个月内进行。
Ji, looking at the ear growing on his right arm, said with a smile: "It looks exactly the same as my old ear."
吉看着种在他右臂上的耳朵,笑着说:“它看起来和我以前的耳朵完全一样。”