ARTICLE
TITLE

Surgical options in the management of landmine blast injuries of lower Limb: a randomised prospective study

SUMMARY

Landmine blast injuries are high velocity shattering injuries that produce ghastly and gory wounds, presenting a dilemma to the treating surgeon, especially when the literature on this subject is limited. The aim of the present study is to enlist various surgical procedures that can be explored to treat such complex injuries.  60 cases having varied degrees of involvement of the lower limb from mine blasts were managed. Surgical treatment was tailored to the individual requirement depending on the extent and severity of injury. Serial surgical wound debridement was an integral part of all these procedures. Limb salvage was possible in 70% cases.  A combination of surgical approaches and procedures from fixation to different types of amputations can be employed for treating mine blast injuries to maximise residual limb function.   

KEYWORDS

 Articles related

Jesse W.P. Kuiper,Stan (C.J.) Vos,Bart J. Burger,Sascha Colen    

Recently, guidelines regarding diagnosis and treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) have been published, but it is unknown how well these are followed in the Netherlands and Belgium. Therefore, a survey study was performed in the Netherlands a... see more


Sang Ki Lee,Yong Ho Kim,Su Min Kim,Won Sik Choy    

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the results of plate osteosynthesis, intramedullary nailing (IMN), and hybrid fixation (plate osteosynthesis for the radius and intramedullary nail for the ulna) for the treatment of both-forearm-bone... see more


Varun Chandra,Raj Kumar Singh    

Spondylolisthesis presenting as low back pain is not an uncommon condition. Many of such patients are treated conservatively. Those that require surgical management, various treatment options are in vogue e.g. Postero-lateral fusion (PLF) with decompress... see more


Lars Blønd    

This review is a current concept on the topic of patellofemoral instability purposing to highlight, reflect and in cooperate both recent important findings regarding the patellofemoral joint. In the past decade numerous studies have significantly contrib... see more


Joris Duerinckx    

Rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon is a rare complication after volar plating of distal radius fractures. Several surgical treatment options have been proposed but postoperative results are not well documented. The authors retrospectively studi... see more