News from the National Children’s Hospital said that the hospital’s Urology Department doctors received treatment for boy Nguyen Manh Tu (13 years old) who suffered a trauma to his private area after colliding with a friend while playing soccer. .
The patient’s family said that while playing soccer with his friends, Tu was suddenly kicked in the private area. After the accident, the baby’s family took him to the emergency room at a local hospital and then was transferred to the National Children’s Hospital for further treatment.
While playing soccer with his friends, the boy was kicked in the private area, causing serious injury and almost requiring his testicles to be removed. Illustration photo Istockphoto
Doctor Vu Xuan Hoan – Department of Urology, National Children’s Hospital, who directly operated on the patient, said that the child was admitted to the hospital with swelling in the left testicle (T), bruising, and hematoma in the scrotum. left.
Ultrasound images showed that the left testicle was not perfused with blood, there was hematoma around it, and there was no pulse signal, so the doctors immediately decided to perform emergency surgery on the child.
“During the surgery there was a lot of black blood, blood clots in the left scrotum, the inside of the left testicle had half of the neurovascular bundle broken, however, the surgical team found that the testicular parenchyma was still well-perfused. Therefore, the decision was made to remove the hematoma, stop the bleeding and preserve the child’s left testicle.
The surgery, which took 1.5 hours, was successful. Currently, the child’s health is stable, his testicles are no longer swollen and he has been discharged from the hospital,” said Dr. Hoan.
According to Dr. Hoan, playing sports will help children understand, learn many skills and have a positive attitude to life necessary for their personality development. However, any sport can lead to injury. Especially when children participate in combat sports,…
At the Department of Urology (National Children’s Hospital), we have received and treated many children with testicular injuries due to accidents, sports or falling from bicycles, etc., including cases of severe injuries requiring amputation. testicular.
To protect children from injury when playing sports, Dr. Hoan notes:
- Before letting your child participate in any sport, he or she should know the general rules of the game and how to keep themselves and other players safe.
- Children need to be equipped with sports equipment that is appropriately sized, fits well, and ensures safety
- Parents should check where children play to ensure that playgrounds do not have many holes and grooves that could cause children to trip and fall.
- When participating in team sports, children must be supervised by qualified professionals,…
In addition, doctors also recommend that if a child unfortunately experiences an injury to the private area, the family needs to take the child to a pediatric medical facility so that the child can be examined and assess the level of injury. injury and timely treatment.
