Vikrant Ranjan

Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences | RIMS · PLASTIC SURGERY

Introduction Extensor tendon injuries of the hand are more common in presentation than flexor tendon injuries. These wounds may leave the patient with significant, long-lasting damage if they are not appropriately treated when they first show. The result of extensor tendon injuries needing surgical repair at a tertiary health-care facility in Weste...

Background and objective The incidence of flexor tendon injury is estimated to be 7-14 per 100,000 population. In India, such injuries are common and about 5% of these injuries require repair of the flexor tendon. In the present study, we share our experience of hand flexor tendon repair at a tertiary care center in western India. Material and meth...

Background: Burn injuries are one of the commonest form of trauma globally with long term consequences in the form of contractures. The management takes a troll of time, money and stress, despite that the agony remains with the patient only. We intended to study the clinicoepidemiopathological aspects of post burn contractures for a better understa...

Background The advantages of biological skin dressings like collagen are well-known. It makes wound impermeable to bacteria and creates the most physiological interface between the wound surface and the environment. Silver-sulfadiazine-impregnated collagen (SIC) is a type 1 collagen impregnated with silver sulfadiazine (SSD)-loaded alginate microsp...

Background: Cancer of the head and neck can have a major impact on patients. It is vitally important that the surgeon appreciate the anatomy of the head and neck, the varieties of tumours and their metastatic patterns of spread, the ablative techniques, the adjunctive treatments, and the potential need for reconstruction. The obvious advantages to...

Aims: We aimed to validate Mannheim peritonitis index (MPI) for prediction of outcome in patients with perforation peritonitis. Materials and methods: A prospective study involving 100 subjects operated for perforation peritonitis over the period of 2 years was designed. Postevaluation of predesigned performa, MPI score was calculated and analyz...

Urinothorax is a very rare occurrence of urine in the pleural space. Urinothorax can occur as a consequence to percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy (URSL) or shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). We herewith report a rare case of Urinothorax in a 35 years old male patient and discuss its current knowhow and clinical management...

Context : Oral cancer is the most common cancer in India and tongue is one of the most commonly affected site. Aims and Objectives : The current study assesses the clinico-epidemiological trends of carcinoma tongue, its survival rates in different stages and relationship between different variables in central India. Materials and Methods : This was...

Insurgence of Maggot’s is an uncommon feature of co lostomy site. Maggots’ infestation has been reported over sites like nose, ear, orbit, tracheotomy wound, face, gums and serous cavities. We report a case of maggots infestation s urrounding the colostomy site, which to the best of our knowledge, is the first reported case in the review of the lit...

Electrical burn injury is one of the most destructi ve injuries seen in the casualty room of any hospital. It is a special type of injury w ith potential of causing significant functional disability and extensive disfigurement. This retros pective study was conducted in the Burn Unit of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Ind ore, a leadin...