42/f complaining gradually increasing swelling in left calf. Difficulty standing or walking for even 10 min MRI suggestive of soft tissue tumor arising from left gastrocnemius muscle Plan : done in toto excision of tumor Size 15 x 15 x 10 cm Weight 400 g Function: Patient recovered well. No pain in standing or walking …
This patient is 74 years old with weight of 102 Kg. He was suffering from bilateral knee arthritis which has reduced his mobility and post Covid he gained lot of weight. It’s vicious cycle Arthritis – knee pain – cannot walk or do exercises – weight gain – more knee pain We did his bilateral …
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58/F suffering from primary Hip Osteoarthritis for 4 long years treated with Total Hip Replacement At 5 weeks post surgery, first thing pt said was she gets sound sleep now which was disturbed previously because of intense pain on slightest of leg movement. She walks well now and smile on her face tells everything Joint …
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I see atleast 2/3 patients every month with chronic recurrent back pain having spinal instability. It can be associated with substantial disability. The primary forms of degenerative lumbar instability are spondylolisthesis, which is a translation of a single vertebra over another or a more. X-ray 1 Xray 2 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY The resulting imbalance can lead to an …
First year Engineering student sustained open tibia/fibula #, managed with nailing outside I saw her after 2 months with big infected non healing wound. We with plastic surgeon primarily did wound debridement, and flap cover . After 1.5 years , fracture still didn’t heal. So did exchanges reamed nailing, bone grafting and fibular osteotomy. When …
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42 /f presented with knee fracture ( tibial plateau type v ). In view of delayed presentation, advised conservative management with brace and gradual Physio therapy. Warned of guarded prognosis But was surprised to see full consolidation of fracture with complete range of motion. Patient is back to all her household activities.