The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum (Sep 2015)

Crush Injury of Forearm in a Child with Uncorrected Large Ventricular Septal Defect-A Case Report

  • Vaijayanti N Gadre,
  • Kalpana V Kelkar,
  • Gandhi D,
  • Hariharan M,
  • Kalpana More

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 18
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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A 12 year old child presented with crush injury of forearm and hand. He was diagnosed as a case of uncorrected large Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). Tendon repair, debridement and nailing were done using regional technique. Risks associated with a cardiac patient undergoing non-cardiac emergency procedure are discussed in this report.

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