Patna, March 2 -- Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna successfully reimplanted the amputated right hand of a six-year-old girl following a near-total traumatic injury, demonstrating advanced microsurgical expertise and swift emergency response.
Head of Plastic Surgery Dr Veena Singh, who supervised the procedure, said Lakshmi Kumari from Vaishali district sustained a near-total hand amputation around 2 pm on Saturday while playing near a fodder-cutting machine at home.
After initial referrals due to the complexity of the case, the child reached the AIIMS Patna Emergency at approximately 7.30 pm.
Dr Singh said the Plastic Surgery and Anaesthesia teams were activated immediately, with the Orthopaedics department o...