MDT is Multi-Disciplinary Treatment.
Multi-Disciplinary Treatment (MDT) is the process of developing a personalized diagnostic and treatment plan for a patient by a multidisciplinary group of senior specialists in the form of a ****simultaneous discussion. The battle with the disease is never a doctor's "one-upmanship" can be victorious process, the smallest to eat a piece of medicine, large surgery + radiotherapy comprehensive treatment, are cohesive of different sub-specialty medical staff of their respective expertise and wisdom.
MDT related introduction
MDT model was first proposed by Mayo Clinic in the United States in the 1960s, and rapidly developed after MD Anderson and other medical centers formalized it in the 1990s. In Europe and the United States, the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment model (MDT) has become the norm, and the United Kingdom has even legislated in 2007 so that every cancer patient needs to go through MDT comprehensive treatment. "
Developing a personalized diagnosis and treatment plan for patients means that the process of diagnosis and treatment will be centered on a certain patient, and multidisciplinary collaboration will be carried out to standardize the diagnosis and treatment.
The development of modern medical technology is rapidly changing, the larger the hospital, the more detailed its classification of disciplines, the emergence of more specialties and subspecialties. The breakdown of specialties has both advantages and disadvantages, the benefits are obvious, that is, it can bring more professional diagnosis and treatment services to patients in a certain treatment area;
But the disadvantages are also very obvious, such as different specialties of doctors work separately, they are often familiar with their own specialty areas, not very good understanding of other areas, which is obviously not conducive to the patient to get comprehensive diagnosis and treatment.
In the MDT model of child neurosurgery, it is common to encounter certain difficult and complicated diseases, at this time, in addition to child neurosurgeons, it is necessary to and pediatrics, internal medicine, imaging, pathology, radiotherapy, and related disciplines of experts composed of a team of experts in order to **** with the development of scientific, rational, standardized treatment plan.
In the MDT, each subspecialist has an equal voice, but one or two subspecialists will have a greater influence on the medical treatment plan for a particular child because of the different clinical features and focus of the case.
The subspecialists discuss and agree on what treatment should be used first, what treatment should be used later, and what treatment should not be used, providing a "one-stop shop" for the child.
The MDT model has changed from a "single-armed" to a "multi-armed" approach, minimizing misdiagnosis and mistreatment of patients, shortening the waiting time for diagnosis and treatment, increasing the selectivity of treatment options, and developing the optimal means of treatment, avoiding the burdens of non-stop referrals and repeated examinations on the families of the affected children.
According to relevant studies, the five-year survival rate of patients with different tumors is significantly increased by 15-40% after MDT mode treatment. At the same time, the MDT model significantly reduced the surgical mortality rate of different tumor treatments.
We hope to help more children with our efforts.