A team of Doctors from different specialties came together to keep the hopes of a budding dancer alive!
- Kauvery Hospital's team of specialists successfully managed a case of Pyomyositis in a 10-year-old child who presented with severe and sudden life-threatening complications
Chennai, 2nd
March, 2020: Kauvery Hospital, a popular leading tertiary and multi-specialty
hospital in Chennai, successfully treated a complicated case of pyomyositis in
a 10-year-old patient through a collaborative effort by doctors of Kauvery
Hospital across departments of pediatrics, orthopedics, critical care,
infectious diseases and plastic surgery.
Parents of the 10-year-old aspiring dancer came all the way from Guwahati,
Assam to Kauvery Hospital along with their daughter, who developed
complications following treatment of her ankle sprain with an above knee
plaster cast at their native town. She presented to us 7 days after application
of the cast with high grade fever, excruciating pain and swelling of her right
leg.
Her presentation was suggestive of a deep vein thrombosis. On day
2 of admission, the young patient, developed breathing difficulty which led her
to being admitted to ICU for pediatric critical care. She developed certain
skin changes that suggested a possible infection in her right leg, which was both limb and life threatening. In the course of ICU stay, she developed multi
organ dysfunction with shock, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury and
sepsis requiring her to be on life support and high-end antibiotics.
Our team of doctors
performed exploratory surgical procedures through which the doctors came to the conclusion
that the child is suffering from severe pyomyositis which required
removal of the tissues around the knee,
as the tissues in the muscle around the bones were necrosed, which was very
rare as none of the superficial tissues were damaged.
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(L to R) Dr. Sathish Manivel, Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Vijayalakshmi B, Senior Consultant Infectious Diseases, Dr. Arul Mozhi Mangai, Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Ms. Shaaoni Das, Patient, Dr. V B Narayanamurthy, Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Dr. Lakshmi Prashanth, Consultant Paediatrician
The team consisting of plastic surgeons, pediatrician,
intensivists and infectious diseases treated her in cohesion with vacuum
therapy, intensive care and many radical surgeries that included removal of
necrotic tissues and skin grafting to save her limb and life. This was a truly
complicated medical case that challenged the most dedicated and skilled
professionals. Throughout her stay in the hospital, the child never lost her
smile on her face and always greeted the
doctors as “Namaste doctor” and the nurses as “Namaste Didi”. She became
the mascot of the ICU with her playful actions and a bright smile.
Currently, the young patient has gone back to continue her dancing
and Kauvery Hospital is proud to have kept the little girl’s dream of dancing
alive.
Speaking on the achievement of the doctors, Dr Iyappan Ponnuswamy,
Medical Director Kauvery Hospital, said, “It gives us immense pleasure
to see the smile back on the young and aspiring dancer’s face. At the same
time, I congratulate the team of doctors and paramedics at Kauvery Hospital,
who brought in all their experience and expertise to the table to bring the
smile back. The success of this case gives hope for many
who might be suffering from debilitating condition.”
Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection that occurs in the adult
population, elderly and immune deficient individuals. (75% occurs in immune
compromised) It is very uncommon to happen in the young population, especially
in a healthy immune competent young girl.
About Kauvery Hospital: Kauvery
Hospitals is ‘A new Age Family Hospital’ with Multi
Specialty Clinical Expertise and a pioneer in the ‘HealthCare Provider’
industry, making healthcare affordable. Kauvery is one of the few corporate
hospital chains to successfully integrate operations into Tier 1 cities after
launching into Tier 2 cities. It is also one of the few hospitals founded by
Medical experts and managed by business professionals with a keen focus on
delivering personalized and specialized health care with warmth.
Kauvery Hospitals is currently a 1200 bed
hospital group with presence in Chennai, Trichy, Hosur, Karaikudia nd Salem in
addition to planned entry in new markets. Apart from having diverse
Multispecialty tertiary care expertise, Kauvery Hospitals house one of three
‘Cardiac Centers of Excellence in South India’ and the only one in
Tiruchirappalli (Trichy). In today’s times where the healthcare industry is
more and more commoditized, Kauvery Hospitals stands tall with its promise of
making medical expertise and technology truly affordable with empathy and care
at every stage of a person’s healthcare need.
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