“This is a pelvic osteosynthesis, which will improve the quality of life of the woman who suffered the fracture in an accident on public roads. The surgery consisted of the reconstruction of the pelvis and was carried out by the Dr.Mirko Jurich, who has a subspecialty in pelvis and complex trauma,” reported the Government of Santa Fe, adding that the surgical team was also made up of the trauma surgeon Guido Aguirre; the surgical instrumentation Gaston Lorenzini; the orthopedic technician Mario Quiroz; the anesthesiologist Lisandro Pereira. They also mention as collaborators, traumatologists Esteban Ledesma, Gustavo Salmoral, Marcos Cian, Leandro Niemiz and Juan Escalante.
The patient suffered an accident while riding a motorcycle and was hit by a car, which caused a pelvic fracture. “Without this surgery I would have, at the very least, difficulty walking,” explained Dr. Jurich.
Without this surgery he would have, at the very least, difficulty walking.
Osteosynthesis is the reconstruction of a fracture that is usually done in traumatology, in this case, specifically of the pelvis. It is performed in seriously ill patients, who are at risk of not walking once more or have life-threatening trauma.
“This surgery requires a lot of management, as it is something that cannot wait. To obtain good results, you cannot wait 30 or 40 days, because the process of scarring and healing of the body makes the surgical procedure much more complex. It’s an emergency,”commented Jurich, who added that the procedure “It requires a great complexity of the operating room and a team of professionals”.
From the provincial government, they highlighted that “This unprecedented surgery in the regional public sphere is possible today thanks to the infrastructure available in the new hospital, as well as the specialists trained to carry it out. These practices are very important for public health, since these patients are usually referred or They have serious consequences”.
