Vietnamese doctors reconnect cut-off nose

Source: Pano feed

VietNamNet Bridge – After a 13-hour surgery, doctors of the Hanoi-based Vietnam – Germany Hospital successfully re-joined the cut-off nose of a 37-year-old man from central Vietnam.The patient after the operation. The re-joined nose operation is reported to be a success because the joined part is now

The patient had the end of his nose cut off completely in an accident. He was brought to a local hospital. When the doctors asked the family members about the cut-off part, they hurriedly returned home to search for it and they found it under the table.


After the first-aid, the patient was transferred to the Vietnam-Germany Hospital, with the frozen cut-off nose, on February 17.


Doctors performed the first-time-ever 13 hour operation in a special operating room, equipped with a specialized microscope.


Doctors said that this was a very difficult operation because the blood vessels are very small, of only 0.4-0.5mm.


This is the first successful nose-rejoining operation in Vietnam. In the world, about 10 similar cases were conducted.


Le Ha




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