Shalby Hospital in Ahmedabad
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Trauma & Fracture Surgery
 
In today’s times, increased traffic, better roads and faster life lead to increased incidence of accidents and increased severity of injuries. Such accidents occur mostly in young adults between 20 – 35 years and may lead to disability and death. In fact accidents are the leading cause of death in age group between 20 to 35 in developed and developing countries.

The first hour after an accident is called the ‘Golden Hour.’ If an accident victim is treated properly in a good Trauma centre in this period, it will save the life and give a better quality of life after recovery.

Shalby Trauma Centre has state of the art tertiary care treatment facilities.
 
A dedicated Trauma Care Area in the first basement
 
  • Fully equipped Trauma Resuscitation Bay
  • 24 x 7 State of Readiness for emergency life saving procedures
  • Ventilators, Defibrillators & X-Ray in Emergency Room
  • CT Scan and USG next door
  • Pathology Lab with blood storage located opposite to ER
  • Six electrically operated Trolley beds with multi para monitors
 
Dedicated Trauma Team
Comprising of multiple specialities like Orthopaedic Surgeons, General Surgeon, Neuro Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon, Anaesthetists, Intensivists, ENT Surgeon, Radiologists, Pathologists, Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, Vascular Surgeon, Eye Surgeons, Paediatrician & Gynaecologist.
 
State of the art infrastructure
9 Operation Theatres out of which three are class 100 and 2 are class 10000. Each Operation Theatre has Macquet (Germany) OT Tables, Phillips Shadowless lights. Trauma Operation Theatre with AO (Synthes, Swiss) Operation instruments and sets. Less than 0.5% infection rate in all Orthopaedic Surgeries.
 
Poly Trauma (Multiple Injuries)
A patient with NINE major Fractures...
 
       
 
Patient came with blocked airway due to face injury and would have died but for urgent proper primary care, she is back to household work in 3 months
 
Peri Prosthetic Fractures
Fractures around artificial joints
 
 
 
Revision Trauma
Fractures with previous multiple failed surgeries
 
 
 
Fracture treated by plate 3 yrs. ago and bone grafting but did not heal and plate broke. After surgery at Shalby the patient was back to work in 3 months.
 
 
 
Surgery done for leg fracture does not heal for 8 months. Patient operated in our department and full weight beating in 6 weeks (1 1/2 months)
 
Comminuted Intra Articular Fractures
Fractures with joint involvement and multiple pieces
 
 
 
Shoulder fracture with multiple
pieces
Shin bone fracture with knee joint
involved
 
 
 
  Lower Thigh Bone fracture with more than 15 pieces and knee joint involvement
 
 
  A complex fracture of the pelvis involving the hip joint with central dislocation. Post operative restoration of articular surface achieved.
 
Complicated Trauma
Fractures with Arterial injury / Fat embolism / Medical Problems
 
 
  Polytrauma with fat embolism and unconscious patient. Treated on ventilatorand fracture fixation recovered in 3 months.
 
 
  Polytrauma with fat embolism and unconscious patient. Treated on ventilatorand fracture fixation recovered in 3 months.
 
 
  Open infected fracture of lower thigh bone with bone loss. Fracture fixed in two stage surgery and infection cleared.
 
Bone Tumors
 
 
  8 months recurrence of right ankle region bone tumor. At 15 months after surgery fully cured and back to function
 
Routine Fractures
 
 
 
Hip (Sub Trochanteric)
Hip (Inter Trochanteric)
 
 
 
  Knee deformity correction in 16 yrs. old girl. A crooked looking was corrected in by an operation.
After recovery the patient was back to normal activities.
 
 
 
 
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