Doctors at the Kalinga Hospital have now successfully conducted a rare surgery on a road accident victim to revive his lost forearm after it was amputated by a passing truck. A team of doctors conducted the surgery on 24-year-old, a lorry driver hailing from Midnapur of West Bengal who was passing from Odisha through the National Highway. It is said that the driver kept his hand outside his vehicle window and his hand was cut apart after a speeding truck hit it.
Doctors said that the patient lost his golden hours (6hours-8hours) and arrived late in the hospital. His amputated hand was also not preserved properly for re-implantation. The doctors who treated them mentioned, in such conditions the survival rates are very low as per medical records across the world.
“Worldwide medical literature suggests that the success rate of surgeries done in late re-implantation and without preserved part is as low as 2-3 percent”, said Dr Akshay Rout from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kalinga Hospital.
