Pune: City docs give fresh lease of life to man with broken bones, brain haemorrhage

According to doctors at Manipal Hospital in Baner, it was a very challenging case as they had to reconstruct his leg, which got severed. Dr Vinayak Ghanate, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Manipal Hospital, said, “Looking at the severity and urgency of the case, the patient was immediately rushed to the operating room where the doctor stabilised his leg to prevent further injury. He was kept on a 72-hour damage control orthopaedics in ICU to allow his body to recover due to the accident and first surgery. After the bleeding in the brain and liver stopped, he was taken for the second surgery, where our team fixed the broken bone with screws and plates. Moreover, the tendons and nerves were carefully fixed with the help of the plastic surgery team.”

Because of the multiple spine injuries and a brain haemorrhage, it was a major challenge for the doctors to restore movement in his right leg, so they decided to perform the surgery in three stages. Dr Sandeep Naphade, consultant (plastic surgery), Manipal Hospitals in Baner, said, “It was a very critical case, where the main challenge was not only to fix the patient’s leg, but also to restore movement and sensation of his limb. The first surgery was an immediate intervention to stabilise the patient and save the limb for further operations. We temporarily fixed the structure of the broken bones and ensured normal blood circulation to the limb. In the second and third surgeries, we focused on regrafting and restoring every muscle and nerve of his leg and providing adequate skin cover to the fractured bone by flap surgery.”

During a media conference on Thursday, Raman Bhaskar, cluster director of Manipal Hospitals, Pune, said, “Such cases are extremely critical and require experienced hands and highly equipped and comprehensive medical care. We were able to successfully save the life of this patient because of the skills and proficiency displayed by doctors and the teams.”