CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On February 7, according to the 13th Chinese medical team assisting Papua New Guinea (hereinafter referred to as “PNG”), the first case of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy was completed in Papua New Guinea, filling a gap in minimally invasive surgery for complex kidney stones in PNG.

It is reported that a patient, 20 years old, came to Port Moresby General Hospital one week ago due to severe lumbago, and was diagnosed as “cast stone in the right kidney (the largest diameter of the stone is about 5cm) with fluid retention and renal insufficiency” after examination.

When the outpatient doctor told the patient and his family about his condition and suggested to raise money for minimally invasive surgery abroad, Feng Wubing, the urologist and leader of the 13th Chinese medical team came to the patient, fully knew his medical record and assessed his condition in detail again, and told the patient that he could choose to have the surgery in Port Moresby General Hospital, for which the patient and his family were very thankful.

Subsequently, Feng Wubing took immediate action to gather all the necessary equipment and consumables for the surgery under the limited conditions, even considered the use of a few pieces of gauze and a few bottles of saline in great detail. Before the surgery, he made a detailed interpretation of the surgical plan and emergency response plan with local urologists, anesthesiologists, and nurses in the operating room, and fully explained the surgical cooperation and the risks associated with the surgery.

On February 5, with the cooperation of urologists from Port Moresby General Hospital, Feng Wubing successfully completed percutaneous nephrolithotripsy for this patient. The operation took about 2 hours, with a wound of only 0.6cm in the lumbar area, and only 10ml of intraoperative bleeding. Feng Wubing used holmium laser technology to break up the stone and flush it out thoroughly, and treated the wound without tube after the operation. The patient’s vital signs were stable throughout the whole process, and no complications such as bleeding and fever were observed in the postoperative period. The patient’s vital signs were stable throughout the operation and there were no postoperative complications such as bleeding and fever. Moreover, the patient spent only 100 kina to complete the minimally invasive surgery that would have cost 50,000-100,000 kina abroad.

“This is the first percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in PNG, which has improved the technical service capability of minimally invasive urology surgery for the entire PNG health level, and has provided many patients with similar complex kidney stones with the opportunity for minimally invasive surgery,” Feng Wubing said. (Translated by Liu Hongyan, Fathom Language Limited)