After basic surgery to restore bone loss in his right foot Vitaliy is preparing for discharge. On July 30 the soldier from the 93rd brigade underwent surgery to replace his tibia defect with autologous cell-tissue material in the form of a bone block.
In September the next phase of Vitaliy’s treatment will start, until then he returns home to Kherson tomorrow.
Vitaliy joined the Bioengineering Rehabilitation of Wounded project in spring suffering the effects of fragment wounds to both legs and his right foot. The most complicated was the injury to his right leg, leaving a tibia defect (loss) up to 8 cm, a right fibula defect to 12 cm, and defects to the talus, navicular and second metatarsal bones. So serious were his injuries many domestic and foreign doctors even advised soldier undergo an amputation, or shortening of the limb by 8 cm.
However, the experience and technology offered by the iLaya medical center helped protect him from amputation and aims to restore the function of the soldier’s injured limb, even in more complex cases such as his;
Vitaliy’s treatment stages:
– 27/05/2015 adjustment to the device fitted to the left leg;
– 01/06/2015 rumen plastic soft tissue defect left shin treated with a displaced flap and transplant reception bed prepared;
– 05/06/2015 adjustement to the device fitted on the right leg, resection of the navicular bone fragment and partially cube-shaped sphenoid bone in the foot;
– 07.30.2015 introduction of cellular material in at the right leg injury site.
We wish the hero a speedy recovery.
For more on Vitaliy’s treatment history follow this link.
