Adding another feather to its success cap, the SCB Medical College Hospital conducted a ‘first-of-its-kind’ critical surgery by which a four-fingered 15-month-old girl child got a thumb.
A team of doctors headed by Plastic Surgery Department’s Prof Bibhuti Nayak conducted the surgery on Smruti Rekha Pradhan, daughter of Surendra Kumar Pradhan from Deogarh district’s Chatabara.
Smurti had four fingers on the right hand. Her index finger was shortened and transferred to the thumb through microsurgical technique (Pollicization). The new thumb is behaving well and started functioning one week following surgery. The child is recovering well. This is the first pollicization in the State.
Prof Nayak, Dr Ashish Patnaik, Dr Mahesh Mandal, Dr Chandan and Dr Rosalin conducted the surgery. Dr Sanjeev, Dr Kamal and his team administered anaesthesia. The team has been lauded by medical fraternity.