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Doctors save man pierced in a freak accident by 5-feet long rod through the neck

    Sagaya Fernando Mumbai: 6 November 22   A team of doctors at Apollo Multispecialty hospital in Triuchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, saved the life of a 33-years-old man whose neck was pierced through by a feet long iron rod.   Karthikeyan, a resident of Ariyamangalam in the city, was watering the concrete slabs on the first floor of his under-construction house when he accidentally slipped and fell 15 to 20 feet down, on October 15. As he fell, a 5 feet long iron rod with serrated edges pierced through his neck and came out from the back.   “Within fifteen minutes of the mishap, his relatives rushed him to our hospital which is in close vicinity,” informed Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Triuchirappalli, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon Dr Mohamed Mansoor, who led the operating team.   “On evaluation in emergency, it was seen that he had a 5 feet long iron rod penetrating into the anterior aspect of neck and exiting the posterior aspect of neck.

Doctors give new face to man after horrible accident

 Doctors give new face to man after horrible accident

 

Sagaya Fernando

Mumbai, 17 April 2021

 

A man in India who met with a horrible road accident, was not only lucky to have his life saved but also got his smashed-up face restored by an accomplished microvascular surgeon.  

 

43-years-old Dattatreya Devkate, a resident of Saswad near Pune city in India, and a machine operator by profession was riding on his scooter on March 1 when he met with an accident. His scooter skidded after hitting another motorbike, and he was thrown in the air and fell face down on the gravels beside the road, which resulted in his face tissues being torn off.

 

He was immediately rushed to Grant Medical Foundation’s Ruby Hall Clinic hospital at Wanowrie in Pune, around 27 kms from the accident spot. At the hospital, Devkate was attended upon by Microvascular and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr Abhishek Ghosh.

 

“The patient had suffered major injuries to his face and his nose, with the lips and cheeks torn off. There was loss of skin and soft tissue and multiple facial fractures too,” said Dr Ghosh who conducted the surgery on Devkate.

 

“There was a lot of contamination and the wound was full of grit and gravel particles. Meticulous removal of all foreign bodies was followed by bony fracture fixation. Thereafter began the painstaking process of reconstructing the nose, lips and rest of the face,” said Dr Ghosh.  


 

“The surgery was done in a single stage and lasted about four and a half hours. The patient tolerated the procedure well and in a month’s time his appearance is almost back to normal,” said Dr Ghosh.


The patient is happy to have his looks restored, added he.=

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