An other success story little finger replantation / revascularization, Accidentally right Hand amputated fingers of a youth saved by plastic surgery at Shree Radhakrishna hospital, Wardhaman nagar, Nagpur.

           Mr. Satish Katre a resident of Wardhaman nagar sustained accidental crush injury on 14 June at around 10 AM,  in his right hand resulting in partial separation of ring finger and amputation of little finger. Immediately his relatives reached at Shree Radhakrishna hospital, Wardhaman nagar, Nagpur  with Mr. Satish. Procedure explained to him and his relatives, after full preparation, at around 2:30 PM Plastic Surgery was started.

          First wound debridement and cleaning was done, then blood vessels nerves and tendons were identified and marked. Bone fixation was done by K wire, after that tendons, digital nerves repair was done. Finally the most important structures blood vessels arteries and veins were joined by microvascular surgery, so that the blood circulation established and fingers could survive. Such type of procedure require highly skilled hands and modern technology like operative microscope. This procedure were executed successfully in around 6 hours by our team which consists of Dr Amol Kumar Patel (Plastic Surgeon), Dr Namdeo Nandanwar (Orthopedic Surgeon) and Anesthetist Dr Vikas Chudhary and Dr Vikrant Sawarkar.

          Management of Shree Radhakrishna Hospital, Wardhaman Nagar, Nagpur further informed that they have all facilities and expertise for microvascular surgery available at their plastic surgery department headed by Plastic Surgeon Dr Amol Kumar Patel. 

Group photograph Name from left to right

Dr Vikrant Sawerkar(Anesthetist), Dr Namdeo Nandanwar (Orthopedic Surgeon), Mr Satish Katre(Patient), Dr Amol Kumar Patel (Plastic Surgeon)