“Orthopedic experts perform a delicate procedure to rescue young girl’s finger, highlighting the hospital’s critical emergency capabilities.”
In a remarkable surgical achievement, doctors at Vadodara’s SSG Hospital successfully performed a delicate procedure on a four-year-old girl to remove a piece of steel stuck in her finger. The incident unfolded when the child’s index finger became ensnared in a crevice of a bench at a railway station, while she was accompanying her parents from Delhi to Vadodara for her exams. The finger swelled, rendering extraction from the steel bench hole impossible, leading to an emergency call to the fire brigade.
Firefighters managed to cut away the section of the bench trapping the finger, after which the girl was rushed to Government SSG Hospital. The case was swiftly referred to the hospital’s Orthopedic Department, where a team of specialists, led by Dr. Pulkit P Maniyar, an orthopedic surgeon and associate professor, performed the critical surgery.
The surgery, lasting approximately an hour, was complex due to the steel piece being nearly an inch long and the challenge of preserving the finger without injuring it. Timeliness was crucial because the steel had disrupted blood flow, risking complications such as gangrene. The Orthopedic Department at SSG Hospital is well-equipped with various types of cutters, including jumbo cutters for metal, wire cutters for steel and titanium, and Chinese cutters for plates and screws. This intricate procedure, which could cost over Rs 30,000 in a private hospital, was provided free of charge at SSG Hospital.
Such cases, though infrequent, require swift intervention to prevent severe consequences, and the medical team’s prompt and precise action ensured the young girl’s finger was saved without any injury.
