Journalism of Courage
A Hyderabad-based young business analyst who fell from a height of eight feet underwent a successful spine surgery recently. The treatment that was done at the Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital,was for Sachin Kumar’s (name changed) severe spine fracture with bone fragments pressing the nerves. He suffered disabling pain in his back and legs and was at a risk of paralysis. Dr Amol Rege,spine consultant,Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital,decided to operate with the new spine surgery procedure sextant rod insertion system surgical technique to correct the fracture in his spine. The rare and complex surgery took two hours and corrected the patients spinal injury and curve ensuring the patient could walk in two days.The advantages of this minimally-invasive spinal surgery technique include no large scars on the back,only smaller incisions(slits),a shorter hospital stay,reduced post-operative pain,less blood loss,a shorter recovery time and reduced risk of infection. This technique is useful in spine fractures,degenerative disc conditions requiring spinal fusion,spondylolysis wherein there is slippage of one vertebra over other,resulting in back and leg pain. he added.
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Web Live Surgery
Taking professional medical training to the next level,Zimmer Institute,India,launched the Web Live Surgery across the country. As part of a series of live surgeries,a Difficult Revision Knee Replacement surgery was performed at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. The objective of the event is to share knowledge on how to deal with patients with advanced arthritis. The Zimmer Web Live Surgery was performed by invited foreign faculty Dr Kelly G Vince from New Zealand and Dr Hemant Wakankar from Pune. Dr Wakankar,head of Orthopaedics Department,Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital,said,In the dynamic medical field,we regularly encounter difficult and advanced cases. For example,the revision knee replacement,where you replace an already implanted joint,is more complex than total knee replacement done for the first time.
(Compiled by Anuradha Mascarenhas)
