Medical Wonder: AIIMS Doctors re-plant the completely separated forearm of woman

Barsha Das, a 25-year-old woman from Odisha's Puri district has all praise for the doctors of AIIMS Bhubaneswar who have successfully replanted her completely separated left forearm.
A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours. (File Photo- IANS)
A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours. (File Photo- IANS)AIIMS

Barsha Das, a 25-year-old woman from Odisha's Puri district has all praise for the doctors of AIIMS Bhubaneswar who have successfully replanted her completely separated left forearm.

A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours.

Barsha came to the emergency department of AIIMS Bhubaneswar on December 9 at around 9 p.m. with a traumatic amputation of the left forearm below the elbow.

A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours. (File Photo- IANS)
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As per the history provided by the patient, she was working at her home and her dupatta got stuck in the rice cutting machine along with her left hand at around 4 p.m. following which she was taken to a local government hospital along with the amputated hand where primary treatment was given, bleeding was secured and the dressing was done.

The amputated part was wrapped in a gauge pad and kept in an ice bath by the person who attended her in the local hospital.

The patient was immediately planned for reimplantation and was taken up for surgery on the same night at around 11.30 p.m. by the team led by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Giri (head of burns and plastic surgery).

The team of physicians from the plastic surgery, orthopedics, and anesthesia departments performed the surgery.

At first, the team of doctors took out the amputated part from the fridge and started bench dissection, all the vital structures identified and tagged 3 cm bone were shortened, said doctor Giri.

A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours. (File Photo- IANS)
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Then, he said, the patient was taken into the operating room, and anesthesia was given.

Amputated stumps opened and debridement was done and all the vital structures were isolated.

After that, the amputated part was attached to the body by first two bony fixations, then arterial circulation was established along with the vein, followed by two major nerves that were repaired along with muscles and skin, Giri said.

The doctor said the surgery went up till 8 a.m. and the patient was then shifted to ICU.

After the tenth post-operative day, we took the patient to the operating room again as the skin around the elbow was not good.

A team of doctors from the AIIMS has successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm conducting surgery for 10 hours. (File Photo- IANS)
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Under anesthesia, we removed all the devitalized skin and covered it with a skin graft.

"It has been around two weeks following the incident. Currently, the limb is viable," added Giri.

AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas on Thursday visited the young lady in the ward and applauded the effort of doctors for the heroic job.

Biswas also praised Barsha for her bravery and assured her of a prosperous future. (KB/IANS)

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