The strange student has never been recognized in the world literature

Phoenix has a scoliosis from 85 degrees to 50 degrees. The shrinkage scar made the girl painful, seemingly dropped out of school, but adjusted.

From the age of 2, Nguyen Le Hai Phung (20 years old, Tien Giang, now a third-year student at Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics) suffers from necrotizing inflammation, causing lumbar scars. After skin resection surgery in the back at 7 years of age, the scar shrinks gradually, causing scoliosis in the process of growing up. In the last year, the spinal complications that made the girl sit for only 10 minutes, severe back pain, greatly affected daily life and study.

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The crooked spine of the student was taken through X-rays.(Photo: Hoai Nhon).

Many times taking her daughter to cure all over the place, Ms. Ton Thi Bach Lan seemed to fall into despair.'I took my child to Singapore, and the doctor diagnosed my child almost broken two vertebrae, making me more desperate. The doctor said that for family surgery to spend up to $ 100,000, we had to go home in despair , "Lan said.

The journey to cure her daughter has not stopped. The family brought the girl back to the North in the hope that the country still slapped. Song, the doctor refused because when surgery, the skin of Phung difficult to heal because it can shrink like before, will easily cause polio complications.

While tired, Ms. Lan and her husband happened to read through the press. Assoc. Associate Professor Van Van Thanh is the leading expert in spine in our country, he is currently an advisor to the unit of Trung Vuong Hospital (Ho Chi Minh City). hoping to cure her daughter.

Professor Vo Van Thanh said that Phung's case has not been recognized by the world literature . After receiving from February, through consultation to assess the possibility of success, Dr. Thanh decided to operate after 4 months. The surgery was directed by Doctor Thanh starting from 9am, lasting until 15h15. Doctors conduct surgery in front of the spinal alignment to correct the spine, after 10 days continue to operate the following way using fixed arches and alignment of the spine.

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After surgery, the patient receives physical therapy support to return to the lecture hall soon.(Photo: Hoai Nhon).

Currently the patient can walk back to normal, light movement.

Associate Professor Vo Van Thanh shared the situation of disease in spinal column in our country will increase in the trend of aging population. Rare scoliosis cases in Vietnam can be dealt with when a complete blood transfusion machine is supported, saving costs for many patients.

Phung's surgery is supported by VND 104 million from health insurance. Part of the family expenses spent nearly VND 200 million to buy snail supplies from the US for surgery. Dr. Thanh said if this case is in the US, the patient's family members must pay at least 350,000 USD.