In-hospital low-cost custom made VAC: Effective method for reducing infection in late presenting Open lower limb fractures in overburdened Indian hospitals.

Background: Open fractures are still associated with troublesome rates of infection. Thorough debridement irrigation and antibiotic cover are of paramount importance irrespective of the fixation method. VAC therapy is a well known method of accelerating the wound healing and decreasing the infection in non healing ulcers.

A review of upper limb injuries in bear maul victims: Consistent pattern and inverse relation in severity with facial and scalp injuries.

Purpose: Bear maul injuries are the most common wild animal inflicted injuries in India. More than 300 bear maul injuries report to our hospital per year.

Methods: Twenty-one consecutive patients over a period of 1 year reported to our department for orthopaedic management of bear maul injuries.

Impending gangrene of fingers by constriction bands of mother's hair mistaken as pernio by parents: A case series of 10 infants.

Background: Long harsh winter in Kashmir Valley increase the incidence of pernio in children so much that common people consider every hand swelling as pernio.

Methods: 10 Infants over two years were brought to our hospital as cases of pernio involving fingers.

Results: All the infants came out to be cases of impending gangrene due to mother's hair as constriction bands around fingers.