Role of a Plastic Surgeon in the Management of Local Manifestations of Snakebite in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Prospective Single-Center Case Series.

 There is a paucity of literature regarding the management of snakebite site complications. The wound complications can have debilitating sequelae, most of which may require reconstruction.  This is a prospective single-institution observational study conducted from November 2019 to December 2021.

Open tendoachilles injuries due to squatting type of toilet seats: Five-year prospective observational study from a tertiary care center in India.

Background: Open traumatic tendoachilles injuries due to toilet seats are least reported. The exact mechanism of such injuries is debatable. None of the studies have reported associated neurovascular injuries and the need for microvascular tissue transfer.

Role of customised negative-pressure wound therapy in the integration of split-thickness skin grafts: A randomised control study.

Background: Split-thickness skin grafting (STSG) is a time-tested technique in wound cover, but many factors lead to suboptimal graft take. Role of custom-made negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is compared with conventional dress in the integration of STSG and its cost is compared with widely used commercially available NPWT.

Materials And Methods: This is a parallel group randomised control study.

Perforator Flaps for Reconstruction of Lower Limb Defects.

Background: Reconstruction of soft tissue defects in the lower third of the leg remains challenging. Anatomical constraints limit the local options available for complex defects especially lower third of leg. Local flaps based on perforator vessels are raising interest in reconstructive surgery of the limbs.

Bear maul craniocerebral trauma in Kashmir Valley.

Craniocerebral injuries constitute the bulk of the trauma patients in all the tertiary-care hospitals. Bear attacks as a cause of trauma to the brain and its protective covering are rare. This was a hospital-based retrospective (January 1990 to July 2005) and prospective study (August 2005 to December 2010).

Giant lipoma: a case report.

A lipoma is a fatty tissue tumor presenting as a painless slowly growing mass that can affect any part of the body rich in adipose tissue. Lipomas can be present in the thigh, shoulder, trunk, etc, although they are usually small. We are reporting a 65-year-old man with a giant lipoma involving his left buttock and lumbar region.

An unusual case of frost bite autoamputation of toes.

Background: We report a case of a 15 year old young female who suffered autoamputation of left mid foot and four digits of right foot following repeated application of snow to relieve the pain in her frost bitten feet.

Case Presentation: The sociodemographic background, cause, resulting injury and subsequent management are discussed.

Conclusion: Such injuries are relatively rare but awareness of the risk of this type of injury is important.

Outcome of treatment of the mismanaged pediatric elbow trauma: a series of 73 cases.

Purpose: To analyze the outcome of the management of pediatric elbow trauma referred to our hospital after initial intervention by traditional bone setters.

Method: Retrospective study of 73 patients, presenting to the hospital with a complication attributable to the initial mismanagement of their injuries.

Results: The mode of presentation was directly related to the type of initial intervention on the basis of which we were able to quantify bone setters into two groups.