On August 2, 2024, a renowned group of hand surgeons gathered at the Surgical Skills Lab of Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Charitable Hospital in Mumbai, India, for an insightful event focused on small joint arthroplasty. The highlight of the day was a cadaveric hands-on workshop on PIP (proximal interphalangeal) joint arthroplasty, led by […]
On July 20th, 2024, I had the opportunity to deliver a talk on the topic of clavicular fractures at the Bimonthly meeting of orthopaedic surgeons at EDOA. As a common injury often seen in clinical practice, the management of clavicular fractures is a subject that deserves careful consideration, as one-size-fits-all solutions may not be the optimal […]
Introduction: As an orthopedic surgeon, constant professional growth is essential to provide the best possible care for my patients. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting the renowned Amsterdam Skill Lab, a state-of-the-art facility equipped with cutting-edge technology and meticulously prepared cadavers. This exceptional lab allows surgeons like myself to enhance our skills in using […]
This is story of a teenaged boy Nipun (name changed) from North Eastern part of India. Nipun was born with thumb which developed differently . This formation of thumb is called Duplicated thumb. In this condition bifurcated into two terminally. Each of these bifurcations were smaller than original thumb and deviated from axis of normal thumb. […]
Treating Hand Fractures
Fractures of small bones of hand are one of commonest injury. Unfortunately it is still not taken seriously by doctors or patients themselves this notion is may be because of the size of bone or they are not life threatening but 20 degrees of angulation/rotation would cause more disability to a person than any of […]
20 year old young male had pain and weakness in right elbow while working out in Gymnasium. Patient heard a snapping sound from elbow which considered as sprain of elbow. pain continued for few weeks but there was weakness in rotation of forearm subsequently he reported to nearby doctor who advised MRI after which patient was […]
This year annual conference of ISSH was held at puri on 12-15 September 2019. I was invited to deliver 2 invited lectures in this conference. First lecture was on percutanous fixation of fracture scaphoid point of discussion in this talk were as it is a minimally invasive surgery it leaves minimal scar and early union […]