Missing thumb reconstructed by toe transfer from foot
By : Roshni Dhar
Published On 2023-02-01 11:48 GMT | Update On 2023-02-02 11:49 GMT
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital received a 44yr old male from Uttrakhand in the emergency who suffered total amputation of 3 fingers & one thumb including left thumb, index, middle and ring finger due to industrial injury in a factory in Uttrakhand.
For this a team was formed under Dr. Mahesh Mangal which consisted of Dr. S.S. Gambhir, Dr. Nikhil Jhunjhunwala and Dr. Pooja Gupta from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, and Dr. Manish Dhawan from the Department of Orthopaedics.
In this video, Dr. Mahesh Mangal, Chairman of the Department of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital talks about the case details.
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