Thanishka was brought to the Emergency Department at Prime Hospitals, Ameerpet, on December 10, 2013 at around 1:30 pm with accidental entrapment of right arm in an elevator. Preliminary examination showed her hand to be amputated at a level just above the wrist and she was bleeding from the amputation stump but conscious and co-operative all the while. The amputated arm was brought in a plastic bag put in a thermacol box filled with ice pieces and ice packs, as is desired for a successful re-implantation. The doctors in the Emergency Department resuscitated, stabilized her and did dressing for the arm. The amputated hand was sent to the operation theatre immediately.
The surgery on the amputated hand was started by 2:30 pm and she was wheeled into the operation theatre by 3:30 pm and the re-implantation surgery was started. A marathon eight hours was spent by a team comprising of Plastic Surgeon Dr Anurag Chitranshi, Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Sathish Reddy and Dr BSV Raju, Neurosurgeon & Diredctor to operate on her. Initially she was giving general Anaesthesia and the arm bone was fixed. Subsequently the veins, arteries, nerves and tendons were repaired and the surgery was completed. The blood circulation was re-established in the cut hand within 6 hours of amputation. She was discharged after a 2 weeks stay at the hospital with the limb surviving in its entirety.
The expeditious presentation of the patient at the hospital, preservation of the amputated hand in a clean bag, with the bag surrounded by ice cubes, the immediate attention of the team at casualty and expertise of specialist doctors at Prime Hospital in promptly re-implanting and ensuring arterial blood flow, is what helped in salvaging the arm, says Dr Anurag Chitranshi.
Thanishka bravely faced and overcame the trauma, speaking at the press conference she said I feel as if I have got a new hand.
About Prime Hospitals: Prime Hospitals, a private, full-fledged multi-speciality hospital was established in Ameerpet in 2007 and in KPHB Colony in 2008. The Hospital added CT Surgery Unit in 2009; Cathlab Services in KPHB in 2010. The Hospital was accorded ISO 9001:2008 Certification in 2011, followed by setting up of the Kidney Transplant Unit in the same year.
The group of Prime Hospitals caters its services to all districts of Telangana and districts of Karnataka with its 200+ beds, expert and renowned doctors and state of the art medical infrastructure. All these combine to provide round the clock, prompt ,accurate and appropriate treatment.
The Hospital handles 1.25 lakh out patients, 55,000 emergencies, 11000 in-patients, 4000 non – cardiac surgeries and 3000 cardiac procedures per annum.
