Publications by authors named "Abhijeet D Sawant"

 Local wound care in perianal burn wounds is difficult owing to the risk of contamination from fecal soiling. The problem is aggravated in small children and bedridden critical patients who are unable to convey passage of stools. We used diaper-based wound care to reduce contamination.

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This case series presents detailed postoperative physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and functional outcomes of 3 patients following tendon transfer surgery for the correction of claw hand due to traumatic nerve injury. Three patients with different etiologies of claw hand and sociodemographic characteristics presented to the hand therapy center after claw correction surgery. Two patients underwent flexor digitorum superficialis 4-tail tendon transfer, and 1 patient underwent the Zancolli lasso procedure.

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A 15-year-old boy presented to us with a 4-month history of fever with worsening dyspnea since 1 month. His contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the thorax showed bilateral endobronchial lesions with complete collapse-consolidation of the left lung and partial collapse of the right lower lobe. His fiberoptic bronchoscopy guided biopsy had been reported in outside hospital as a neuroendocrine tumor.

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Ulceration in a blind loop can lead to massive gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding. A 13-year old girl presented with symptomatic melena requiring repeated blood transfusion since childhood. She was an operated case of small bowel atresia in neonatal life.

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The exact site of small bowel bleeding is difficult to detect intraoperatively. We present a simple method of on-table identification of the site of the bleed. A 55-year-old lady presented with recurrent episodes of melena and drop in hemoglobin.

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